Pipe Pressure Drop

Calculation Sheet

d 30.0 .cm , 35 .cm .. 60 .cm l 50 .m cm_H2O 98.07 .Pa

cp 0.01 .poise

liter kg
Q 100 . ρ 1.0 . µ 1.0 .cp
sec liter

d
2
Q ρ .V ( d ) .d
A( d ) π. V( d) Re( d )
4 A( d ) µ
A( d )
d
2 V( d) Re( d )
cm cm
1.41 .m .sec 4.2 .10
1 5
30.0 706.9
1.04 .m .sec 3.6 .10
1 5
35.0 962.1
1.3 .10 0.80 .m .sec 3.2 .10
40.0 3 1 5

45.0
1.6 .10 0.63 .m .sec 2.8 .10
3 1 5
50.0
2.0 .10 0.51 .m .sec 2.5 .10
3 1 5
55.0
2.4 .10 0.42 .m .sec 2.3 .10
3 1 5
60.0
2.8 .10 0.35 .m .sec 2.1 .10
3 1 5

ε 0.002 .mm Pipe roughness ε

ε 4.52 . 7 ε
y( d ) log log
3.7 .d Re( d ) Re( d ) 7 .d

16
f( d ) if Re( d ) < 2100 Friction factor f f( d )
Re( d )
0.0034
1
0.0035
16 .y( d )
2
0.0036
0.0037
0.0037
1. . 2
q( d) ρ V ( d) Velocity head q 0.0038
2
0.0039
 l
∆Pf( d ) 4 .f( d ) . .q ( d ) Pipe friction loss ∆Pf
d

Kf 0.5 .35 .35 Entrance (0.5) and turn losses

e.g. 2 turns of 45 deg (0.35) Kf

∆P( d ) ∆Pf( d ) q ( d ) .Kf Total loss ∆P

d q( d) ∆Pf( d ) ∆P( d )
cm cm_H2O cm_H2O cm_H2O
30.0 10.2 23.2 35.5
35.0 5.5 11.0 17.6
40.0 3.2 5.8 9.7
45.0 2.0 3.3 5.7
50.0 1.3 2.0 3.6
55.0 0.9 1.3 2.3
60.0 0.6 0.8 1.6