CONTROL VALVE SIZING

REF. GPSA

CONTROL VALVE SIZING FOR GAS

(Volumetric Flow)
Units
q Gas flow rate m3/h 24.5
P1 Upstream pressure bara 0.1
P2 Downstream pressure bara 0.05
T Temperature C 45 24.571428571429
M Molecular weight 36.1
Z Compressibility factor 0.9 30.175438596491
k Ratio of specific heats 1.29
Xc Assumed rated pressure drop ratio factor 0.74
Fk Ratio of specific heats factor 0.921
X Pressure drop ratio factor 0.5
Y Expansion factor 0.756

Cv Valve flow Coefficient 20.72

Type of flow non-critical

Valve style Body Size

(type) (inches)
Globe 1.5
Ball 1
Butterfly #N/A

Valve style Body Size Xc Cv FL

1 0.74 8 0.88
1.5 0.69 17 0.84
2 0.7 25 0.85
Globe 2.5 0.66 49 0.84
3 0.66 66 0.82
4 0.67 125 0.82
6 0.74 239 0.85
8 0.6 268 0.85
1 0.53 16 0.86
2 0.53 59 0.81
3 0.5 120 0.8
Ball 4 0.52 195 0.8
6 0.52 340 0.8
8 0.54 518 0.82
10 0.47 1000 0.8
12 0.49 1530 0.78
2 0.37 60 0.69
3 0.4 111 0.69
4 0.4 238 0.69
6 0.4 635 0.69
Butterfly 8 0.4 1020 0.69
10 0.4 1430 0.69
12 0.4 2220 0.69
14 0.4 2840 0.69
16 0.4 3870 0.69
CONTROL VALVE SIZING
REF. GPSA

CONTROL VALVE SIZING FOR LIQUID

(mass flow with specific weight)
Units
w Nonvaporizing Mass flow kg/h 267020.00 Using Max design flow rate of 40 GX 906A/B of 260m3/hr and Specify gravity of 1000kg/l
w Vaporizing Mass flow kg/h 267020.00
P1 Upstream pressure bara 11.50 Design discharge pressure og 40 GX 906A/B
P2 Downstream pressure bara 2.40 Min Feed Pressure for MECO at 16.5m3/hr
γ Specific Weight 1027.00
Fp Piping geometric factor 1.00
FL Pressure recovery factor 0.90
Pc Critical Pressure of liquid 46.00
Pv Vapor pressure of liquid at inlet psia 0.15 Using Max feed pressure of MECO Unit (3.4barg)
FF Critical pressure ratio factor 0.93

Cv Valve flow Coefficient for non vaporized flow 101.1755

Cv Valve flow Coefficient for vaporized flow 111.3936

Cv Selected 111.3936 132.1

CRITICAL PRESSURE RATIOS

Pv/Pc 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.60 0.7 0.8 0.90 1
FF 0.93 0.86 0.83 0.8 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.7

Valve style Body Size

(type) (inches)
Globe 3
Ball 2
Butterfly 3

Typical Cv, Xc and FL values for Valves

Valve style Body Size Xc Cv FL
1 0.74 8 0.88
1.5 0.69 17 0.84
2 0.7 25 0.85
Globe 2.5 0.66 49 0.84
3 0.66 66 0.82
4 0.67 125 0.82
6 0.74 239 0.85
8 0.6 268 0.85
1 0.53 16 0.86
2 0.53 59 0.81
3 0.5 120 0.8
Ball 4 0.52 195 0.8
6 0.52 340 0.8
8 0.54 518 0.82
10 0.47 1000 0.8
12 0.49 1530 0.78
2 0.37 60 0.69
3 0.4 111 0.69
4 0.4 238 0.69
6 0.4 635 0.69
Butterfly 8 0.4 1020 0.69
10 0.4 1430 0.69
12 0.4 2220 0.69
14 0.4 2840 0.69
16 0.4 3870 0.69
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