Orifice Plate - Permanent Pressure Drop For Incompressible Fluids

Permanent Pressure Drop For Incompressible Fluids

For a square-edge orifice plate with flange taps:

\frac{\Delta P_p}{\Delta P_i} = 1 - 0.24 \beta - 0.52 \beta ^2 - 0.16 \beta ^3

where:

= permanent pressure drop
= indicated pressure drop at the flange taps

And rearranging the formula near the top of this article:

\Delta P_i = P_1 - P_2 = \frac {Q^2 ~\rho~ (1 - \beta ^4)} {2 ~C_d^2~ A_2^2} = \frac {Q^2 ~\rho~ (1 - \beta ^4)} {2 ~C_d^2 ~A_1^2 ~\beta ^4}

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