Pressure reducing valvesizing calculator

MODES OF OPERATION: A PRV can operate under three different conditions: (1) regulating, (2) fully closed, and (3) fully open. How the valve operates depends on the defined set pressure value for the valve. The fully open and fully closed positions represent the extreme operations of the valve. Each of the valve positions is described below:

Water pumps are not continuous, so turn your pump off, it has done its work. When you arrive at camp, simply turn the tank branch of the valve off, and turn on the branch which goes to the shower outlet.

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The Tempering Valve kit comes with all adapters and Tee piece and clamps to suit 1/2″ hose. It can also be used in conjunction with a Splitter Valve (sold separately) to have a heat on the run system where you can turn 1 arm of the valve on to recirculate your onboard water to have a supply of 50ºC water while the branch to the shower outlet is turned off. The Splitter Valve has 2 branches which can independently adjusted. To avoid any pump overload, the general rule of thumb is to work on heating the supply water at a rate of 6 minutes per 20l of water while driving. When driving and the vehicle is under load, the engine is providing the maximum coolant flow and this makes heating water extremely efficient. So, if you have a 60l water tank, run the pump for 20 minutes and this will be sufficient to heat your supply to 50ºC.

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(3) Fully Open          This mode of operation occurs if the valve’s set pressure is greater than the pressure upstream of the valve for the case where the valve is fully open. When this occurs in an actual pipe system, the PRV maintains a fully open position and it has no effect on the flow conditions (except to add a frictional loss through the valve). In PipeFlow Expert, this method of operation is detected and reported. But the system is not solved because the differential pressure across the valve would have to be negative, i.e. the valve would be acting like a pump rather than a pressure control.

Add a tempering valve to your GLIND hot shower to avoid any hot spots, or have a supply of hot onboard water. The tempering valve is pre set at 50ºC (122ºF)

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Add a tempering valve to your GLIND hot shower to avoid any hot spots, or have a supply of hot onboard water. The tempering valve is pre set at 50ºC (122ºF)

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Pipe Flow Expert removes the pipe from the system and sets the pressure at the downstream node (N2) by replacing it with an appropriately defined tank. The tank elevation is set to equal the node elevation, the liquid level is set to zero and the fluid surface pressure is set to the pressure reducing valve setting. At the upstream node, an out-flow demand is then set equal to the flow from N2.

The pressure difference between the upstream node P1 and the downstream node P2 must equal the pressure loss through the pipe, fittings and any components on the pipe plus the pressure loss introduced by the PRV. The pressure balance is then maintained after the system is solved, when the pipe is reinstated along with the pressure loss introduced by the pressure reducing valve.

Water pumps are not continuous, so turn your pump off, it has done its work. When you arrive at camp, simply turn the tank branch of the valve off, and turn on the branch which goes to the shower outlet.

AVOIDING PRV OPERATION PROBLEMS: In general, PRV operation problems can be avoided by finding the valve's pressure regulating range and specifying the valve’s set pressure to a value within this range, such that the mode of operation is ‘Regulating’. First, solve the system without the PRV control and note the pressure at the node downstream of the pipe which previously contained the PRV. This is the maximum pressure the PRV can be set to (i.e. it is equivalent to finding the valve’s inlet pressure for the case where the valve is fully open). Secondly, solve the system after closing the pipe that contains the PRV and note the pressure at the node downstream of the closed pipe. This is the minimum pressure the PRV can be set to (i.e. it is equivalent to finding the pressure downstream of the valve for the case where the valve is fully closed).

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Water pumps are not continuous, so turn your pump off, it has done its work. When you arrive at camp, simply turn the tank branch of the valve off, and turn on the branch which goes to the shower outlet.

(1) Regulating         The valve maintains the downstream pressure to the set value by introducing a pressure loss across the valve, thus throttling the flow rate through the PRV.

Add a tempering valve to your GLIND hot shower to avoid any hot spots, or have a supply of hot onboard water. The tempering valve is pre set at 50ºC (122ºF)

The Tempering Valve kit comes with all adapters and Tee piece and clamps to suit 1/2″ hose. It can also be used in conjunction with a Splitter Valve (sold separately) to have a heat on the run system where you can turn 1 arm of the valve on to recirculate your onboard water to have a supply of 50ºC water while the branch to the shower outlet is turned off. The Splitter Valve has 2 branches which can independently adjusted. To avoid any pump overload, the general rule of thumb is to work on heating the supply water at a rate of 6 minutes per 20l of water while driving. When driving and the vehicle is under load, the engine is providing the maximum coolant flow and this makes heating water extremely efficient. So, if you have a 60l water tank, run the pump for 20 minutes and this will be sufficient to heat your supply to 50ºC.

(2) Fully Closed This mode of operation occurs if the valve’s set pressure is less than the pressure downstream of the valve for the case where the valve is closed. When this occurs in an actual pipe system, the flow through the PRV reverses and the PRV acts as a check valve, closing the pipe. In PipeFlow Expert, this method of operation is detected and reported but the system is not then solved for this scenario. The user must decide if this method of operation is what they intended and if so then they can close the pipe and continue to solve the system.

The Tempering Valve kit comes with all adapters and Tee piece and clamps to suit 1/2″ hose. It can also be used in conjunction with a Splitter Valve (sold separately) to have a heat on the run system where you can turn 1 arm of the valve on to recirculate your onboard water to have a supply of 50ºC water while the branch to the shower outlet is turned off. The Splitter Valve has 2 branches which can independently adjusted. To avoid any pump overload, the general rule of thumb is to work on heating the supply water at a rate of 6 minutes per 20l of water while driving. When driving and the vehicle is under load, the engine is providing the maximum coolant flow and this makes heating water extremely efficient. So, if you have a 60l water tank, run the pump for 20 minutes and this will be sufficient to heat your supply to 50ºC.

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Hence the pipe is replaced by a tank at the downstream node and an out-flow demand at the upstream node while the system is being solved. The outflow demand at the upstream node must equal the flow rate out of the downstream node that is now represented by the tank.

A pipe with a Pressure Reducing Valve fitted cannot have a tank or pressure demand set on either end. No other pipe which connects to a pipe with a Pressure Reducing Valve fitted can contain a control valve (FCV, PRV or BPV).

Pressure Reducing Valves allow the user to set a pressure at the node downstream of the valve (i.e. at the end of the pipe). The pressure reducing valve (PRV) introduces an additional pressure loss in the pipe to control the pressure at the node downstream of the valve to the value specified by the user.