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Self-regulating flow control device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:865128
A variable, self-regulating valve having a hydraulic loss coefficient proportional to a positive exponential power of the flow rate. The device includes two objects in a flow channel and structure which assures that the distance between the two objects is an increasing function of the flow rate. The range of spacing between the objects is such that the hydraulic resistance of the valve is an increasing function of the distance between the two objects so that the desired hydraulic loss coefficient as a function of flow rate is obtained without variation in the flow area.
Research Organization:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC11-76PN00014
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4465103
OSTI ID:
865128
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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