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Velocity Through Pipe Calculation

The document provides specifications for standard pipe sizes used in the United States and metric equivalents. It includes nominal pipe size, outside diameter, inside diameter, wall thickness, cross-sectional area, maximum process velocity, minimum cleaning velocity, length equivalent volumes, and maximum flow rates.

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Velocity Through Pipe Calculation

The document provides specifications for standard pipe sizes used in the United States and metric equivalents. It includes nominal pipe size, outside diameter, inside diameter, wall thickness, cross-sectional area, maximum process velocity, minimum cleaning velocity, length equivalent volumes, and maximum flow rates.

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U.S. STD.

SIZE

DIN
SIZE
10

OUTSIDE DIA.
(In)
(mm)
0.472
12

1/2" HOSE
15
1/2 SCH 40

18
0.840

20
3/4 SCH 5
1"HOSE

22
1.050

25
1 SCH 5

28
1.315

32
40
1 1/2" HOSE
1 1/2 SCH 5

34
40
1.900

50
2" HOSE
2 SCH 5
2 1/2" HOSE

52
2.375

65
2 1/2 SCH 5

70
2.875

80
3 SCH 5

85
3.500

100
4 SCH 5

104
4.500

125
5 SCH 10
5 SCH 5

129
5.563
5.563

150
6 SCH 5

154
6.625

200
8 SCH 5

204
8.625

250
10 SCH 5
12 SCH 5

254
10.750
12.750

INSIDE DIA.
(In)
(mm)
0.315
8
0.500
0.551
14
0.622
0.709
18
0.920
1.000
0.984
25
1.185
1.181
30
1.457
37
1.500
1.770
1.929
49
2.000
2.245
2.500
2.598
66
2.709
3.189
81
3.334
3.937
100
4.334
4.921
125
5.295
5.345
5.906
150
6.407
7.874
200
8.407
9.843
250
10.482
12.438

WALL THICK.
(In)
(mm)
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.000
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.218 0.109
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.130 0.130
0.000
0.059 0.059
1.5
0.130 0.065
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.059 0.059
1.5
0.000
0.130 0.065
0.059 0.059
1.5
0.000
0.130 0.065
0.000
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.166 0.083
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.166 0.083
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.166 0.083
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.268 0.134
0.218 0.109
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.218 0.109
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.218 0.109
0.079 0.079
2.0
0.268 0.134
0.312 0.156

AREA
2

(In )
0.08
0.20
0.24
0.30
0.39
0.66
0.79
0.76
1.10
1.10
1.67
1.77
2.46
2.92
3.14
3.96
4.91
5.30
5.76
7.99
8.73
12.17
14.75
19.02
22.02
22.44
27.39
32.24
48.69
55.51
76.09
86.29
121.50

MAX. PROCESS VELOCITY (FPS)= MPV=


MIN CLEANING VELOCITY (FPS)= MCV=
AREA
A (mm2)
50
154
254

491
707
1,075

1,886

3,421
5,153
7,854
12,272

17,671
31,416
49,087

LENGTH EQUIVALENT VOLUMES


Gal/Ft
BBL/FT
Ft/BBL
L/M
0.05
0.010
0.000
3039.223
0.15
0.016
0.001
1963.911
0.25
0.035
0.001
897.691
0.041
0.001
759.806
0.49
0.057
0.002
541.085
0.71
1.08
0.092
0.003
337.691
0.128
0.004
242.525
1.89
0.163
0.005
189.951
0.206
0.007
150.754
0.255
0.008
121.569
3.42
0.299
0.010
103.534
5.15
0.454
0.015
68.355
7.85
0.766
0.025
40.451
12.27
1.144
0.037
27.100
1.166
0.038
26.595
17.67
1.675
0.054
18.509
31.42
2.884
0.093
10.750
49.09
4.483
0.145
6.915
6.312
0.204
4.911

7.5
6.0

MAX. FLOW
MIN. CIP FLOW
GPM BPH HLPH GPM BPH HLPH
2
4
4
1
3
3
5
9
10
4
7
8
6
11
13
4
9
10
7
14
16
6
11
13
9
18
21
7
14
17
16
30
35
12
24
28
18
36
42
15
28
33
18
34
40
14
28
32
26
50
59
21
40
47
26
50
58
20
40
47
39
75
88
31
60
71
41
80
94
33
64
75
58
111
131
46
89
105
68
132
155
55
106
124
73
142
167
59
114
133
93
179
210
74
143
168
115
222
261
92
178
208
124
240
282
99
192
225
135
261
306 108
209
245
187
361
424 149
289
339
204
395
463 163
316
371
285
551
646 228
441
517
345
667
783 276
534
627
445
861 1010 356
688
808
515
996 1169 412
797
935
525 1015 1191 420
812
953
640 1239 1454 512
991 1163
754 1459 1712 600 1161 1363
1138 2203 2585 600 1161 1363
1298 2512 2947 600 1161 1363
1779 3442 4039 600 1161 1363
2017 3904 4581 600 1161 1363
2840 5497 6450 600 1161 1363

Velocity Through Piping


ENTER EITHER BARRELS PER HOUR OR GALLONS PER MINUTE (not both)
DESIRED FLOW IN BPH
600
310.0 Calc. gpm
DESIRED FLOW IN GPM

0.0

0.0 Calc. Bph

ENTER PIPE INFORMATION (only valid for SS)


NOMINAL PIPE SIZE (inches)
4
SS SCHEDULE

5S

Flow Rate (gpm)

310.0

Pipe Diameter (in)

4.334

Calculated Velocity (ft/sec)

in3/sec

1193.5

Area(sqin) 14.75257

6.74

Velocity must be less than 7.0 ft/sec for Beer (Not necessarily wort, alpha beer!!). Flow rate generally given in BPH
Velocity should be > 6 ft/sec and < 10 ft/sec for CSS. Flow rate generally given in GPM
Output Variable for Lookup Table

nerally given in BPH

LOOKUP TABLE
Schedule
Pipe Size 5S
10S
40S
80S
1
1.185
1.097
1.049
0.957
2
2.245
2.157
2.067
1.939
3
3.334
3.260
3.068
2.900
4
4.334
4.260
4.026
3.826
5
5.345
5.295
5.047
4.813
6
6.407
6.357
6.065
5.761
8
8.407
8.329
7.981
7.625
10
10.482
10.420
10.020
9.700
12
12.438
12.390
12.000
11.750
14
13.688
13.624
16
15.670
15.624
18
17.670
17.624
20
19.624
19.564

Barrel Equivalent of a Length of Pipe

ENTER CALCULATED PIPE LENGTH


Pipe length (ft)

25

ENTER PIPE INFORMATION (only valid for SS)


NOMINAL PIPE SIZE (inches)
12
SS SCHEDULE

10S

Pipe Diameter (in)

12.390

Gals per foot


6.26
Feet of Pipe per barrel 4.949828
EQUIVALENT VOLUME (bbls) 5.050681

Output Variable for Lookup Table

Area(sqin) 120.5681

LOOKUP TABLE
Pipe Size 5S
1
1.185
2
2.245
3
3.334
4
4.334
5
5.345
6
6.407
8
8.407
10
10.482
12
12.438
14
13.688
16
15.670
18
17.670
20
19.624

Schedule
10S
40S
80S
1.097
1.049
0.957
2.157
2.067
1.939
3.260
3.068
2.900
4.260
4.026
3.826
5.295
5.047
4.813
6.357
6.065
5.761
8.329
7.981
7.625
10.420
10.020
9.700
12.390
12.000
11.750
13.624
15.624
17.624
19.564
0

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