Valve Flow Coefficient (Cv)

Solve the liquid sizing relation Q = Cv x sqrt(dP / SG) for Cv, flow, or pressure drop.

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The gas / compressible regime is flagged. Per ISA-75.01 / Crane TP-410.

Liquid: Q = Cv * sqrt(dP / SG), solved for Cv, flow Q (gpm), or pressure drop dP (psi). The gas / compressible regime uses a different (choked-aware) equation and is flagged, not computed.

ISA-75.01 / Crane Technical Paper 410 (TP-410) control-valve sizing relation, by name.

ISA / Crane licensed; the incompressible liquid Cv relation is public and reproduced in valve-sizing references.

Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.

Field names used by the API: solve_for, fluid, specific_gravity, cv, dp_psi, flow_gpm

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