Orifice Plate sizing

Fluid: NG Assumed flow rate Nm3/h

Inlet density Kg/m3 51.48 Assumed flow rate Am3/h
Molecular weight, Mw Kg/mol 19.67 Inlet pressure, Pin KPa
Specific Heat Capacity, Cp KJ/Kg/K 2.5916292 Downstream pressure, Pout KPa
cP 0.550 Pressure difference, DP KPa
Absolute viscosity
Pas 0.000550 ºC
Temperature, T
Adiabatic exponent, k - 1.4 k
Air constant J/(kg*K) 8.314 mm
Pipe diameter, Dpipe
m
Calculations
Pipe cross section area m2 0.008
Fluid velocity m/s 413.416
Discharge Coefficient, Cd - 0.596
Expansion coefficient, E - 0.881 E=1 for incompressible fluids
Orifice plate cross section area m2 0.00026

m 0.0180
Orifice plate diameter mm 18.0 ANSWER
inch 0.71
Size Selected inch 1.50
Diameters ratio "b" - 0.1775
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