Thin plate orifice

RESTRICTIVE ORIFICE ---- Method 1 Low-Moderate P

Rough method provided originally in an article in Chemical Engineering magazine tb/bore diameter = 0.93
P2/P1 = 0.05 Thin plate, no choked flow.
Calculation not applicable: refer to Kirk-Cunningham method.
P1: Method assumes, implicitly, that gas is ideal gas mixture or perfect gas.
D1: 7 Qg/SQRT( ∆P(P1 +P2)/(2SgT1) 1/5 Flow through a thin plate is never choked flow. For this to apply, the ratio of tb/bore
D2: D = X X (tp/0.125)
8 diameter must be < 6. (Reference: pg. 13.22, Richard Miller's "Flow Measurement
5440 Engineering Handbook," 3rd ed., McGraw Hill, 1996. Page 13-22 refers to the work
of Cunningham (1951) and Ward-Smith (1979).
Kirk-Cunningham applies when P2<0.63P1. Cunningham showed that choked flow
(critical, i.e., M =1 @ throat) does not occur for thin orifice plates.

D, inches; Qg, gas flow in SCFH (60 F, 1 atm); DP, P1, P2, psia; Sg = Mg/Mair Line Size tp,mm
T1, R; tp, plate thickness. 0.5 1.5
0.75 1.5
Qg: 250 SCFH @ 60 F, 1 atm Complete Property Sheet 1 1.5
∆P = 57.00 Tr = 2.51 from sheet 1.5 2
P1: 60 psig Pr = 0.11 2 2.5
P2: 3 psi Using initial properties @ 3 3
Mw: 17 P1, T1 4 3 Using table from
Sg = 0.59 manual allowed 6 3 Fluor specification:
T: 100 deg. F k = 1.28 8 6 "Flange Type
Plate Rate 300 300, 600# ANSI 10 6 Restrictive Orifice"
tp = 2.50 mm From Fluor table 12 6
Z: 1.00 0.98 Calculated using virial equations 14 9
D1, nom: 2.00 in. Sch.: 80 16 9
18 12
Sat. Curve Test: 0.749 Test: OK Abbott Equations are acceptable 20 12
Hot Gas Test: 0.433 Saturated Area 24 16
B1 = 0.135 Pr/Tr = 0.044 Z = 1.00
B0 = -0.014

Pcf = 40.98 psig Choked Flow - for thick plate D2 = 0.106 in. Beta = 0.055

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