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It is my understanding that if a control valve is installed downstream of a centrifugal pump, then the
following will occur for minimum flow:

namely, the ACTUAL inlet pressure will be maximum and the ACTUAL pressure drop across the control
valve will be maximum.

Similarily, the following would be true at maximum flow:

namely, the ACTUAL inlet pressure will be minimum and the ACTUAL pressure drop across the control
valve will be minimum.

In other words, for increasing load (flow), the ACTUAL pressure drop across the valve is decreasing.

Question A:

Are the statements in (1) above correct?

Question B:

Will someone please explain to me why, in some situations,

the pressure drop across a control valve would INCREASE with INCREASING load?? What are these
situations?

Question C:

When a process engineer fills in my valve spec sheet with the MAX deltaP occurring at MAX flow and the
MIN deltaP occurring at MIN flow, how do I determine if this is the actual case or if indeed this is not
correct and in actual fact the MAX deltaP occurs at MIN flow and the MIN deltaP occurring at MAX flow
????