high pressure: - for firefighting - to overcome loss of pressure as the elevation increases for high rise building - to maintain

water supply in water towers and supply tanks - at the lower stories supplies from the upper/ roof water tank - can exceed 200 psi - could rupture pipes, damage fixtures, leakage, noisy and injure the people - waste water increases directly proporsional to pressure prv: - prv required at pressure of > 60 - 80 psi or > 30.5 psi (depends) - preferably pressure < 30.5 psi - prv can reduces the bills of water, sewerage & water heater energy for about 30% - desired pressure achieved by adjust/ turning the screw - even if the supply water pressure fluctuates, the pressure reducing valve ensures a constant flow of water at a functional pressure, as long as the supply pressure does not drop below the valve's pre-set pressure designing prv: - properly sized valve prevents noisy operation or premature valve failure - over sizing water pressure reducing valves can lead to problems such as wire draw under low flow conditions - in general, the minimum flow through a water pressure reducing valve should be 10% to 15% of the maximum flow rate desired in the system - water prv should be selected based on the flow and pressure ranges listed in the literature, and not by the diameter of pipeline - select a regulator whose operating pressures fall within the middle of its rated range - 2 stage reduction is recommended when initial pressures are 200psi or greater, or when the desired pressure reduction ratio is greater than 4:1, e.g., from 200psi to 50psi, or where the inflow pressure fluctuates greatly - the parallel installation makes use of two or more smaller size water pressure reducing valves serving a large size supply pipe main; this approach should be used wherever there is a wide variation of reduced pressure requirements such as an apartment building where demand could be 0.5 gpm at 1am and 100 gpm at 6am and where you must maintain a continuous water supply; in addition, the parallel configuration improves valve performance for wide variable demands and permits servicing of an individual valve without shutting down water flow to the building completely, thus avoiding costly shutdowns;

- please refer to the valve model for specific availability of end connection options; - performance curves on WPRV specification sheets for each type and size of valve giving the capacities of each with reduced pressure fall-offs up to 25psi; by the use of these charts, the most suitable and economical valve can be selected to satisfy the job requirements addition : - it is recommended to install by-pass isolation valve for maintenance purpose without shutting down the systems - it is advisable to install a strainer before the control valve to prevent any solid particle from entering the valve body - to monitor valve inlet and outlet pressure, intall pressure gauge - install inlet and outlet isolation valves - avoid installing valves size 150mm and larger vertically - if installation subject to very low or potentially static condition, a prv (1/2'' minimum) to be intalled downstream for additional system protection - if pressure drop fall inside cavitations zone (refer to Cavitation Chart) 2 prvs need to to be installed in series may required to reduce the pressure to two stages reduction - if flow requirements fall outside the capacity of the single prv 2 prvs need to be installed parallel may be required.