Weir & Orifice Flow Comparison
(Orifice Flow Equation)
Instructions:
Either Select catalog number (will automatically fill in Open Area and Perimeter) or enter your own values
Enter head value
Press CALCULATE
The results will determine automatically if your situation falls into a Weir, Transitional or Orifice flow. Additionally, a pop-up window will offer Neenah grates which fall within the parameters chosen.
(Weir Equation)
Q = Capacity in CFS
A = Free open area of grate in sq. ft.
g = 32.2 (feet per sec/sec)
h = Head in feet
Q = Capacity in CFS
P = Feet perimeter
h = Head in feet
Catalog number and grate type:
R-1792-AG G
R-1792-BG G
R-1792-CG G
R-1792-DG G
R-1792-EG G
R-1792-FG G
R-1792-GG G
R-1792-HG G
R-1792-JG G
R-1792-KG G
R-1878-A10G A or C
R-1878-A1G A or C
R-1878-A2G A or C
R-1878-A3G A or C
R-1878-A4G A or C
R-1878-A5G A or C
R-1878-A6G A or C
R-1878-A7G A or C
R-1878-A8G A or C
R-1878-A9G A or C
R-1878-B10G C
R-1878-B11G A
R-1878-B1G A
R-1878-B2G A
R-1878-B3G A
R-1878-B4G A
R-1878-B5G A
R-1878-B6G C
R-1878-B7G A
R-1878-B8G A
R-1878-B9G C
R-1879-A10G A or C
R-1879-A1G A or C
R-1879-A2G A or C
R-1879-A3G A or C
R-1879-A4G A or C
R-1879-A5G A or C
R-1879-A6G A or C
R-1879-A7G A or C
R-1879-A8G A or C
R-1879-A9G A or C
R-1879-B10G C
R-1879-B1G A
R-1879-B2G C
R-1879-B3G C
R-1879-B4G A
R-1879-B5G A
R-1879-B6G A
R-1879-B7G A
R-1879-B8G A
R-1879-B9G A
R-1881-A Q
R-1881-B Q
R-1881-C Q
R-1881-D P
R-1881-E P
R-1881-F P
R-1881-G P
R-1881-H P
R-1881-J P
R-1881-K P
R-1881-L P
R-1881-M Q
R-1881-N Q
R-2014 C
R-2014 E
R-2015 C
R-2015 D
R-2015 G
R-2030 C
R-2030 D
R-2031 D
R-2031 E
R-2040 C
R-2040 D
R-2040 E
R-2040 F
R-2050 C
R-2050 D
R-2050 E
R-2050 F
R-2060 A
R-2060 B
R-2060 C
R-2060 E
R-2070 B
R-2070 D
R-2070 E
R-2077 B
R-2077 C
R-2077 D
R-2077 E
R-2077 F
R-2080 C
R-2080 D
R-2090 A
R-2090 B
R-2090 C
R-2090 D
R-2090 E
R-2090 G
R-2100 A
R-2100 C
R-2100 E
R-2100 F
R-2110 A
R-2110 E
R-2112 A
R-2112 B
R-2112 C
R-2112 E
R-2112 F
R-2112 G
R-2120 A
R-2120 C
R-2120 F
R-2120 G
R-2250 G
R-2251 G
R-2255 C
R-2255 G
R-2270 G
R-2275 G
R-2290 K
R-2290-A K
R-2290-B K
R-2293 G
R-2296 B
R-2296 F
R-2297 B
R-2297 F
R-2298 B
R-2298 F
R-2299 B
R-2299 F
R-2300 C
R-2300 G
R-2370 A
R-2370 B
R-2370 F
R-2370 G
R-2371 G
R-2390 C
R-2390 G
R-2392 C
R-2392 G
R-2394 G
R-2395-1 G
R-2398 G
R-2401 C
R-2401 G
R-2401-A G
R-2401-B E
R-2402 C
R-2402 G
R-2404 G
R-2405 A
R-2405 C
R-2410 K
R-2411-A G
R-2412-A G
R-2412-A1 E
R-2412-A2 G
R-2412-A3 C
R-2412-A3 E
R-2412-A4 C
R-2412-A5 K
R-2412-A6 G
R-2414 D
R-2418 G
R-2418-A K
R-2420-A A
R-2420-B G
R-2421-A A
R-2422-A K
R-2422-C G
R-2423 G
R-2424-A G
R-2427 D
R-2427-A G
R-2428 C
R-2428 D
R-2428 F
R-2429 D
R-2429 E
R-2429 G
R-2435 G
R-2437 D
R-2437 E
R-2437-B G
R-2438 D
R-2438 E
R-2453 K
R-2461-A A
R-2461-A B
R-2461-A C
R-2464 D
R-2466-A B
R-2466-A E
R-2467 C
R-2467 D
R-2471 D
R-2471-B D
R-2474 A
R-2474 G
R-2475 A
R-2481 A
R-2494 G
R-2496 G
R-2498 G
R-2498-A G
R-2498-B G
R-2499 G
R-2500 G
R-2501 G
R-2502 D
R-2502 G
R-2504 D
R-2504 G
R-2510 C
R-2510-1 G
R-2510-2 G
R-2510-A C
R-2525-A E
R-2525-C G
R-2525-D G
R-2525-E E
R-2525-F G
R-2525-G G
R-2533 A
R-2534 C
R-2535 C
R-2535-A C
R-2540 D
R-2540-A D
R-2545 K
R-2546 K
R-2548 V
R-2549 D
R-2552 K
R-2552-A K
R-2552-B K
R-2553 G
R-2554 G
R-2555 G
R-2556 G
R-2556-A F
R-2557 G
R-2558 G
R-2559 F
R-2560-A Beehive
R-2560-B Beehive
R-2560-C Beehive
R-2560-C1 Beehive
R-2560-C2 Beehive
R-2560-D Beehive
R-2560-D1 Beehive
R-2560-D2 Beehive
R-2560-D3 Beehive
R-2560-D5 Beehive
R-2560-D6 Beehive
R-2560-D7 Beehive
R-2560-D8 Beehive
R-2560-E Beehive
R-2560-E1 Beehive
R-2560-E10 Beehive
R-2560-E2 Beehive
R-2560-E5 Beehive
R-2560-E6 Beehive
R-2560-E7 Beehive
R-2560-E8 Beehive
R-2560-E9 Beehive
R-2560-EA Beehive
R-2560-EB Beehive
R-2560-G Beehive
R-2561 Beehive
R-2561-A Beehive
R-2563 Beehive
R-2564 Beehive
R-2565-A G
R-2565-C G
R-2565-E G
R-2565-F G
R-2565-G G
R-2565-H G
R-2565-J G
R-2569 A
R-2570 G
R-2571-A F
R-2571-B F
R-2571-C F
R-2571-D F
R-2571-D1 F
R-2571-D2 F
R-2571-D3 F
R-2571-D4 F
R-2571-E F
R-2572 F
R-2573 F
R-2574 B
R-2577 B
R-2578 C
R-2579 B
R-2580-A G
R-2580-A1 C
R-2580-C G
R-2586-A E
R-2586-B G
R-2586-C E
R-2586-D G
R-2586-E G
R-2586-F G
R-2586-G G
R-2586-H E
R-2586-K G
R-2586-M G
R-2586-N G
R-2586-O G
R-2588-A G
R-2588-B G
R-2588-C G
R-2595-A D
R-2600 K
R-2650 G
R-2668 C
R-2680 G
R-2682 A
R-2750 Q
R-3010 A
R-3010 D
R-3010 Diagonal
R-3010 L
R-3010 S
R-3015 Diagonal
R-3015 L
R-3030 A
R-3030 D
R-3030 Diagonal
R-3030 L
R-3031-B S
R-3032-B S
R-3033-B S
R-3034-B S
R-3035-A S
R-3036-B S
R-3037-A S
R-3038-A S
R-3039-A S
R-3065 Diagonal
R-3065-L L
R-3065-V V
R-3066 Diagonal
R-3067 Diagonal
R-3067 R
R-3067-C C
R-3067-C L
R-3067-L L
R-3067-V V
R-3070 A
R-3070 D
R-3070 Diagonal
R-3070 L
R-3070 V
R-3075 Diagonal
R-3075-L L
R-3075-V V
R-3076 V
R-3077 V
R-3077-L V
R-3077-R V
R-3078 V
R-3079 L
R-3157-1 A
R-3157-2 V
R-3157-A K
R-3159-A S
R-3161 S
R-3165 A
R-3169 B
R-3170 B
R-3203-A A or C
R-3203-B A or C
R-3203-C A or C
R-3205 K
R-3210-A C
R-3210-L L
R-3210-Q Q
R-3220 C
R-3220-L L
R-3222-1A L
R-3222-C C
R-3222-LA L
R-3227 D
R-3227-C C
R-3227-D Diagonal
R-3228-BD Diagonal
R-3228-G D
R-3228-H C
R-3228-J D
R-3228-K C
R-3229-A C
R-3229-L L
R-3233 A
R-3233-D A
R-3234-B1 C
R-3235 C
R-3236 C
R-3236-1 C
R-3236-A C
R-3236-B C
R-3237 C
R-3237-1 C
R-3237-A C
R-3237-B C
R-3238 C
R-3246 C
R-3246 V
R-3246-A C
R-3246-A Diagonal
R-3246-A V
R-3246-AL L
R-3246-CC C
R-3246-CL L
R-3246-E C
R-3246-F C
R-3247-2D Diagonal
R-3249-F S
R-3250-1 K
R-3250-A K
R-3250-B K
R-3250-BL L
R-3250-BSP V
R-3250-BV V
R-3250-C K
R-3250-CL L
R-3250-CV V
R-3250-DV V
R-3251 C
R-3252-A V
R-3260-A A
R-3261-A1 C
R-3266 V
R-3270 A
R-3273-A C
R-3274 C
R-3274-A C
R-3274-B C
R-3275 A
R-3278-A C
R-3278-AL L
R-3280-A C
R-3280-B C
R-3281-A C
R-3281-AL L
R-3286-8V V
R-3287-10V V
R-3287-15 V
R-3287-5 V
R-3287-SB10 S
R-3288-E2 Diagonal
R-3288-HV2 V
R-3289-C Diagonal
R-3289-HV V
R-3290 C
R-3290 V
R-3290-A C
R-3290-B D
R-3290-C D
R-3291 C
R-3292 C
R-3295 C
R-3295 L
R-3295 R
R-3295 V
R-3295-2 C
R-3295-2 L
R-3295-2 R
R-3295-2 V
R-3295-3 C
R-3295-3 L
R-3295-3 R
R-3295-3 V
R-3297-1 C
R-3337-A C
R-3338-F A
R-3338-G A
R-3339 C
R-3339-A A or C
R-3340-B C
R-3340-D C
R-3341 K
R-3342 K
R-3344 K
R-3345 K
R-3346 K
R-3347 K
R-3347-A K
R-3348 K
R-3349-A K
R-3350 K
R-3351 K
R-3356-A K
R-3357-A K
R-3359 K
R-3360-A K
R-3361 K
R-3362 C
R-3362-1 C
R-3362-L L
R-3363-1 C
R-3381 K
R-3382 K
R-3393-A K
R-3396 K
R-3397 A
R-3397-1 V
R-3401 D
R-3401-B B
R-3401-C B
R-3402 A or C
R-3402-E A or C
R-3403 A or C
R-3403-A1 A
R-3403-F A
R-3404 A or C
R-3405 A or C
R-3405-A A or C
R-3405-B A or C
R-3406 C
R-3406-2 C
R-3406-A C
R-3406-A2 C
R-3408-AL L
R-3408-BL L
R-3408-L L
R-3409 C
R-3413 C
R-3415 A
R-3416 A
R-3420 A
R-3423 B
R-3425-A K
R-3425-B K
R-3429-A A or C
R-3430 A or C
R-3433 A or C
R-3437 C
R-3438-A A or C
R-3448-B C
R-3448-C C
R-3448-D S
R-3449 C
R-3451 C
R-3451-B C
R-3454 A
R-3454-B D
R-3454-BL L
R-3455-A A
R-3455-C A
R-3457-C2 B
R-3460-A A
R-3460-D C
R-3461 C
R-3462-B Diagonal
R-3463-B Diagonal
R-3465 A
R-3466-A A
R-3469 A
R-3469-E2 B or D
R-3470 L
R-3470-2 L
R-3471 C
R-3472 A or C
R-3473 C
R-3475 A
R-3475-1 A
R-3475-3 A
R-3475-E A
R-3475-F C
R-3475-G C
R-3475-H C
R-3477-A C
R-3480 C
R-3480-A A
R-3491-A G
R-3491-G G
R-3491-H G
R-3491-J G
R-3492-1 G
R-3492-BG G
R-3492-CG G
R-3493-C G
R-3501-D2A M
R-3501-E2 M
R-3501-H4 M
R-3501-HL M
R-3501-L1A M
R-3501-M M
R-3501-N M
R-3501-P M
R-3501-R M
R-3501-TL M
R-3501-TR M
R-3502-A M
R-3502-B M
R-3502-D2 M
R-3503-A M
R-3503-B M
R-3504-F M
R-3506-A2 M
R-3506-B M
R-3507-C M
R-3507-D M
R-3508-A2 M
R-3508-B M
R-3508-B1 M
R-3508-B2 M
R-3508-C M
R-3509 M
R-3510 M
R-3511 M
R-3513 M
R-3514-F M
R-3514-F2 M
R-3516 M
R-3516-1 M
R-3517 M
R-3526-1 K
R-3527-M V
R-3527-V V
R-3528-V V
R-3529-V V
R-3531-A A or C
R-3531-B A or C
R-3531-C A or C
R-3531-D A or C
R-3531-E A or C
R-3540 L
R-3540-2 L
R-3541 L
R-3541-2 L
R-3550-2 L
R-3560 L
R-3561 L
R-3562 L
R-3570 A
R-3570-A A
R-3571 A
R-3571-A A
R-3572-2D Diagonal
R-3572-A Diagonal
R-3573-2D Diagonal
R-3573-2L L
R-3573-2Q Q
R-3574-2D Diagonal
R-3574-2L L
R-3574-2Q Q
R-3575 B
R-3576 Diagonal
R-3577 D
R-3578 L
R-3580 L
R-3580-1 L
R-3581 V
R-3588 D
R-3588-A A
R-3588-LL L
R-3588-LL4 L
R-3588-LR L
R-3588-LR4 L
R-3589 D
R-3589-A A
R-3589-LL L
R-3589-LL4 L
R-3589-LR L
R-3589-LR4 L
R-3591 A
R-3593 C
R-3599-A L
R-3807 K
R-3808-1 C
R-3808-2 C
R-3900-B L
R-3900-C L
R-3900-D L
R-3919 Diagonal
R-3920-V V
R-3921-V V
R-3922 V
R-3922-A V
R-3924 B
R-3928 B
R-3930 B or D
R-3931 B or D
R-3935 A or C
R-3936-A C
R-3940 A
R-3942 V
R-3943 V
R-3945 L
R-3948-A C
R-3948-V V
R-3951 L
R-3952 D
R-3954 B
R-3961 D
R-3976 B
R-3977 B
R-4001-B C
R-4003-A A
R-4003-B A
R-4003-C A
R-4004-A C
R-4004-B B
R-4004-C B
R-4004-G1 D
R-4005-A2 B or D
R-4006 B or D
R-4007 B or D
R-4007-A6 B or D
R-4008-B B or D
R-4014-B1 C
R-4014-C1 C
R-4014-T D
R-4014-T1 D
R-4014-TL L
R-4015-A B
R-4015-A1 B
R-4015-B C
R-4015-C B
R-4015-D B
R-4016-B C
R-4016-H1 A
R-4016-K D
R-4018 B
R-4030-10 G
R-4030-12 G
R-4030-15 G
R-4030-18 B
R-4030-21 B
R-4030-24 B
R-4030-27 G
R-4030-30 G
R-4030-4 G
R-4030-6 G
R-4030-8 G
R-4040-10 E
R-4040-12 E
R-4040-15 E
R-4040-18 E
R-4040-21 G
R-4040-24 G
R-4040-27 G
R-4040-30 G
R-4040-6 E
R-4040-8 E
R-4215-A Beehive
R-4215-C Beehive
R-4216-B Beehive
R-4216-D Beehive
R-4340-A Beehive
R-4340-B Beehive
R-4340-C Beehive
R-4340-F Beehive
R-4340-F1 Beehive
R-4340-G Beehive
R-4340-H Beehive
R-4341-A Beehive
R-4342 Beehive
R-4343 Beehive
R-4344 Beehive
R-4345 Beehive
R-4346 Beehive
R-4349-A Beehive
R-4349-B Beehive
R-4349-C Beehive
R-4349-D Beehive
R-4350-1 Beehive
R-4350-A Beehive
R-4350-B Beehive
R-4350-C Beehive
R-4350-D Beehive
R-4350-E Beehive
R-4351-B Beehive
R-4351-D Beehive
R-4351-E Beehive
R-4352 Beehive
R-4353 Beehive
R-4360-A Beehive
R-4360-B Beehive
R-4360-C Beehive
R-4360-D Beehive
R-4370-1 C
R-4370-10 G
R-4370-12 F
R-4370-13 G
R-4370-15 D
R-4370-17 D
R-4370-18 E
R-4370-2 G
R-4370-21 D
R-4370-22 D
R-4370-23 G
R-4370-25 G
R-4370-26 G
R-4370-27A G
R-4370-3 E
R-4370-4 G
R-4370-5 G
R-4370-6 G
R-4370-7 G
R-4370-8 E
R-4370-9 C
R-4373-10 K
R-4373-12 K
R-4373-15 K
R-4373-2 K
R-4373-3 K
R-4373-4 K
R-4373-6 K
R-4373-8 K
R-4380-1 E
R-4380-10 E
R-4380-11 E
R-4380-12 E
R-4380-13 G
R-4380-13A E
R-4380-14 E
R-4380-15 E
R-4380-16 E
R-4380-17 E
R-4380-18 G
R-4380-21 G
R-4380-22 G
R-4380-23 G
R-4380-24 G
R-4380-25 G
R-4380-26 G
R-4380-3 E
R-4380-4 E
R-4380-4A E
R-4380-4A1 E
R-4380-6 G
R-4380-7 G
R-4380-8 E
R-4380-9 E
R-4380-A E
R-4380-A1 E
R-4380-AA1 E
R-4380-B1 E
R-4385-B E
R-4385-C E
R-4385-E E
R-4385-F E
R-4385-G E
R-4385-H G
R-4385-J G
R-4385-K G
R-4389-O B
R-4390 B
R-4400 B
R-4401 A
R-4403 A
R-4404-C B
R-4406 B
R-4406-1 A
R-4406-2 C
R-4406-C A
R-4407-2A B
R-4408 B
R-4409 A
R-4409-A C
R-4409-C B
R-4409-E A
R-4409-G B
R-4410 B
R-4421 C
R-4423-A A
R-4424 A
R-4430-A A
R-4430-B C
R-4435-1 C
R-4441-1 Q
R-4443 A
R-4449 A
R-4450 A
R-4450-A A
R-4451 C
R-4454 C
R-4460 A
R-4462 B
R-4470 A
R-4511 A
R-4525 A
R-4530 A
R-4531 A
R-4540 C
R-4541 A
R-4544 A
R-4545 A
R-4548 A
R-4550 C
R-4552 A
R-4557 A
R-4558 C
R-4570-1 A
R-4570-2 A
R-4573 A
R-4575-A A
R-4579 A
R-4583 A
R-4584 A
R-4585 A
R-4586 A
R-4600 A
R-4603-A A
R-4604 C
R-4604-C A
R-4604-D A
R-4608 A
R-4610 A
R-4620 A
R-4630 C
R-4632 C
R-4640 A
R-4641-A A
R-4641-C C
R-4641-F A
R-4649 A
R-4649-1 C
R-4652 A
R-4660 C
R-4662 A
R-4670-A A
R-4671 A
R-4672 C
R-4689 C
R-4692-A D
R-4698 A
R-4710 C
R-4711 C
R-4718 A
R-4720 C
R-4721-A A
R-4725 C
R-4730 A
R-4731 A
R-4732 A
R-4736 C
R-4738 A
R-4739 C
R-4740 C
R-4750 C
R-4750-1 A
R-4751 C
R-4752 C
R-4755-B A
R-4755-C C
R-4759 C
R-4760 C
R-4762 C
R-4765 A
R-4780 C
R-4781 C
R-4792 C
R-4795 A
R-4798 C
R-4808-A Q
R-4810 C
R-4820 C
R-4821-A C
R-4825 C
R-4825-A A
R-4825-B C
R-4826 A
R-4828 A
R-4829 C
R-4832 C
R-4832-B C
R-4833 A
R-4837 A
R-4839 A
R-4840 C
R-4843 A
R-4850 C
R-4852 C
R-4852-A Q
R-4853 A
R-4853-A A
R-4853-B1 C
R-4855 A
R-4856 C
R-4857 A
R-4859-C A
R-4871 B
R-4880 C
R-4880-C C
R-4882 A
R-4882-A A
R-4884-A C
R-4890 C
R-4891 A
R-4893 C
R-4893-B C
R-4894 C
R-4895-2 A
R-4938 A
R-4938-1 A
R-4938-B A
R-4939-B K
R-4941-A B
R-4942-A A
R-4943 K
R-4943-A K
R-4943-B K
R-4976-1 A
R-4976-1 B
R-4976-2 A
R-4976-2 B
R-4976-3 A
R-4976-3 B
R-4976-4 A
R-4976-4 B
R-4976-5 B
R-4977-1 A
R-4977-1 B
R-4977-2 A
R-4977-2 B
R-4977-3 A
R-4977-3 B
R-4977-4 A
R-4977-4 B
R-4977-5 A
R-4977-5 B
R-4990-AA A
R-4990-AX A
R-4990-BA A
R-4990-BX A
R-4990-CA A
R-4990-CX A
R-4990-DA A
R-4990-DX A
R-4990-EA A
R-4990-EX A
R-4990-FA A
R-4990-FX A
R-4990-GX A
R-4990-HA A
R-4990-HX A
R-4990-JX A
R-4990-KA2 A
R-4990-KX A
R-4990-LX A
R-4990-MX A
R-4990-NX A
R-4990-OA A
R-4990-OX A
R-4995-A1 B
R-4995-A2 B
R-4996-A1 Diagonal
R-4996-A2 B
R-4996-A3 C
R-4999-L3 L
R-4999-L6 L
R-4999-L9 L
R-4999-Series Same as R-4990 Series
R-5901-A G
R-5901-B G
R-5901-C G
R-5901-D G
R-5901-E G
R-5901-F G
R-5901-G G
R-5901-H G
R-5901-J G
R-5901-K G
R-6020 G
R-6040 G
R-6070 G
R-6077 G
R-6080 G
R-6110 G
R-6111 G
R-6112 G
R-6113 G
R-6114 G
R-6115 G
R-6116 G
R-6117 G
R-6118 G
R-6130 G
R-6131 G
R-6132 G
R-6133 G
R-6134 G
R-6136 G
R-6137 G
R-6352-A G
R-6352-B G
R-6352-D G
R-6352-E G
R-6352-G G
R-6400-AO G
R-6400-BO G
R-6400-CO G
R-6400-DO G
R-6450-AG G
R-6450-BG G
R-6450-CG G
R-6450-DG G
R-6450-EG G
R-6450-FG G
R-6450-GG G
R-6450-HG G
R-6450-JG G
R-6450-KG G
R-6672-1 A or C
R-6672-A A or C
R-6672-B A or C
R-6672-C A or C
R-6672-D A or C
R-6672-E A or C
R-6672-F A or C
R-6672-G A or C
R-6672-H A or C
R-6672-J A or C
R-6672-K A or C
R-6672-M A or C
R-6672-Q A or C
R-6673-A A
R-6673-B A
R-6673-C A
R-6673-D A
R-6673-E A
R-6673-J A
R-6673-K A
R-6673-L A
R-6673-N A
R-6673-O A
R-6673-Q1 A
R-7511 Beehive
R3290 R
Head in feet (h):
Feet Perimeter (P):
Free open area in sq. ft. (A):
Weir capacity in cfs:
Transitional flow in cfs:
Orifice capacity in cfs:
(Results assume no debris restriction.)
NOTE: The above results do not account for the dome height of Beehive-type
grates. Please take note of this when determining the Head (h) value.
For additional information regarding Neenah Inlet Grate Capacities, please contact
our Product Engineer, Steve Akkala, at 920-725-7000 or at
sakkala@nfco.com
.