yes, the pressure is directly related to the effective force acting on the fluid body, so from the pressure differential you can compute the effective force on a small mass of fluid in the orifice, which can then be translated into a flux integral, which can be solved for Volume/time.
Pressure build up due to restricted orifice.
(to check the flow rate of water ... calculate the pressure drop
A device for measuring the flow of a liquid.
Without getting overcomplicated, the amount of pressure coming from a pressure washer is a function of the amount of flow (gpm) and the resistance to that flow created by a nozzle. (more happens inside the pump but is not relevant to the poster's question. If you want a lower pressure, you would need to use a larger orifice nozzle. Larger orifice means less resistance and therefore less pressure. Professionals carry a large amount of nozzle sizes to vary the pressure for individual jobs. Note: The color of the nozzle does not indicate orifice size. The various colors, usually white, green, yellow and red, indicate the spray pattern. White being the broadest spray pattern and red being a very focused stream.
Orifices is the plural of orifice
An orifice plate is a plat eused to measure flow. Pressure sensors are placed upstream and downstream of the the plate and hepressure differential is used with Bernoullis Equation t compute flow (including some experimental factors). A retriction plate is similar to an orifice plate but is much thicker. It is used to drop pressure upstream of a system. The convergence, throttlnig through thick section and divergece works the fluid and reduces total energy (transformed in firction, heat etc). This leads to an overall pressure reduction.
Pressure build up due to restricted orifice.
A restriction orifice (RO) is used to limit the flow through the pipe to a set flow by choking the flow at its sonic velocity. A flow orifice (FO) is usually used to determine the flow through the pipe from the pressure drop over the plate. There a normally two pressure taps (one on each side of the plate) and a pressure transmitter which determines the pressure drop over the plate. A formula is then used to convert this pressure drop to a flowrate for the specific fluid passing through the orifice. A FO usually has a temperature element to determine the gas temperature for use is the formula.
Because it relies on the back pressure through a known orifice which its differential pressure across the plate relates to flow.
It's not a switch. The high pressure runs from the compressor outlet to the orifice tube inlet, and the low pressure side runs from the orifice tube outlet to the compressor inlet.
The calibration curve for an orifice meter will depend on the size of the orifice, the size of the pipe and the pressure loss over the meter. Typical calibration curves have pressure (or head) loss on the vertical (y) axis and flow rate on the horizontal (x) axis.
Yes. But it is limited in control by the orifice size, pressure applied and piping diameter. In other words it is "fixed". An example would be the metering device in a refrigerant circuit, specifically an orifice or capillary tube. The same physics apply.
in the high pressure line
sounds like there is no orifice tube in it. orifice tube should be located just before it enters the firewall at end of high pressure line
Most orifice tubes are placed in the high pressure line to the evaporator at the fire wall connection. You will have to empty the freon from the system to replace the orifice tube which is not very expensive (the tube, that is).
Orifice meter is a flow measuring device used for calculating the pressure drop,flow rate and behaviour of the fluid moving through the pipe.
Circular orifices are commonly used in flow measurement devices such as orifice plates, venturis, and nozzles. They are also used in pressure relief valves, regulators, and in various industrial processes for controlling or monitoring flow rates of liquids or gases. Additionally, circular orifices can be used in hydraulic systems for controlling fluid flow and creating pressure differentials.