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Minor pressure loss for fittings in piping heating systems
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Minor pressure loss in a piping system is caused by valves, elbows and other components. The tables below can be used as an indication of the minor loss coefficients of some common components in piping systems:
| Fitting | Minor Loss Coefficient - ξ |
| Radiators | 3.0 |
| Boilers | 2.5 |
| Abrupt velocity change | 1.0 |
| Cross-over | 0.5 |
| Tee, straight way | 1.5 |
| Tee, branch | 1.5 |
| Tee, counter current | 3.0 |
|
Minor Loss Coefficient - ξ |
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| Fitting | Nominal bore (mm) | |||||
| 15 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 40 | 50 | |
| Radiator valve, angle
Radiator valve, straight |
7
4 |
4
2 |
4
2 |
4
2 |
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| Gate valve, screwed
Gate valve, flanged |
1.5
0 |
0.5
0 |
0.5
0 |
0.5
0 |
0.5
0 |
0.5
0 |
| Elbow | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Bend | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
The table below can used to convert minor resistance in fittings to major frictional resistance:
| Frictional resistance of fittings for various velocities and values of Minor Loss Coefficient - ξ | |||||||
| Velocity
m/s |
Minor Loss Coefficient - ξ | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| 0.24 | 0.029 | 0.057 | 0.086 | 0.115 | 0.144 | 0.285 | 0.43 |
| 0.50 | 0.125 | 0.25 | 0.375 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 1.25 | 1.87 |
| 0.75 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.84 | 1.12 | 1.40 | 2.80 | 4.20 |
| 1.0 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 7.50 |
| 1.2 | 0.72 | 1.44 | 2.15 | 2.85 | 3.60 | 7.20 | 10.80 |
| 1.5 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 3.35 | 4.50 | 5.60 | 11.20 | 16.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.44 | 2.90 | 4.30 | 5.80 | 7.20 | 14.4 | 21.6 |
| 2.0 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 19.9 | 29.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.85 | 5.70 | 8.60 | 11.50 | 1.44 | 28.7 | 43.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.90 | 7.80 | 11.70 | 15.60 | 1.95 | 39.1 | 58.6 |
| 3.0 | 4.50 | 9.00 | 13.50 | 17.90 | 2.24 | 44.9 | 67.3 |
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