Before valve mounting the pipes have to be
cleaned and free from abrasion. Valve must
be mounted according to flow direction as
indicated on valve body. Mechanical loads of the
valve body caused by the pipes are not allowed.
Valve should be free of vibrations as well.
Installation of the valve with the actuator is
allowed in horizontal position or upwards.
Installation downwards is not allowed.
Always install the valve with the arrow on
the body in the same direction as the flow. In
order to avoid turbulence, which will affect the
measuring accuracy, it is recommended to have a
straight length of pipe up and down stream from
the valve as shown (D - diameter of pipe).
Mixing
Fig. 1: Mixing or diverting connection
Diverting
Note:
Install a strainer upstream of the valve (e.g. Danfoss FVR/
FVF)
5D
FVR/FVF
Fig. 3: Mixing valve used in diver ting application
2D
AMV(E)
5D
Fig. 2: Mixing valve used in mixing application
Mixing or diverting connection
3-way valve can be used either as mixing or
diverting valve (fig.1).
If 3-way valve is installed as mixing valve
meaning that A and B ports are inlet ports, and
AB port is outlet port it can be installed in mixing
(fig.2) or diverting application (fig.3).
3-way valve can be also installed as diverting
valve in diverting application (fig.4) meaning that
AB port is inlet and A and B ports are outlets.
Fig. 4: Diverting valve used in diverting application
Note:
Maximal closing pressure for mixing and
diverting installation are not the same. Please
refer to values stated in Technical data section.
Flow Rate
(liquid with specific a gravity of 1)
l/sec m3/h
max
Δp
FLOW Pressure drop kPa (100 kPa = 1bar = ~ 10 m H2O)
Example
Design data:
Flow rate: 6 m3/h
System pressure drop: 55 kPa
Locate the horizontal line representing a flow
rate of 6 m3/h (line A-A). The valve authority is
given by the equation:
Where:
Δp1 = pressure drop across the fully open valve
Δp2 = pressure drop across the rest of the circuit
with a full open valve
The ideal valve would give a pressure drop equal
to the system pressure drop (i.e. an authority of
0,5):
if:
Δp1 = Δp
2
In this example an authority of 0,5 would be
given by a valve having a pressure drop of
55 kPa at that flow rate (point B). The intersection
of line A-A with a vertical line drawn from B lies
between two diagonal lines; this means that no
ideally-sized valve is available.
The intersection of line A-A with the diagonal
lines gives the pressure drops stated by real,
rather than ideal, valves. In this case, a valve with
kVS 6,3 would give a pressure drop of 90,7 kPa
(point C):
The second largest valve, with kVS 10, would give
a pressure drop of 36 kPa (point D):
Generally, for a 3 port application, the smaller
valve would be selected (resulting in a valve
authority higher than 0,5 and therefore
improved control). However, this will increase
the total pressure and should be checked by the
system designer for compatibility with available
pump heads, etc. The ideal authority is 0,5 with a
preferred range of between 0,4 and 0,7.