Pressure drop (and system curves) in parallel

Why do electrical engineers have nice equations for resistors in parallel, and we process engineers don't?! We have a look at why this is the case, and how it doesn't matter because we can use the same principle to analyse fluid flow through parallel branches.

00:00 Analogies between fluid flow & electrical current
02:29 Ohm's law makes things easy
03:48 The equation for resistors in parallel
06:14 Applying the principle to fluid flow
08:40 Worked example

Link to sheet with the example I work through:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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