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The Engineering Toolbox: Compressed Air - Pressure Drop in Pipelines

The document provides a table with data on the pressure drop in pipelines for compressed air at various volume flow rates and pipe sizes. It shows that as volume flow rate or pipe size increases, the pressure drop decreases. Pressure drops above 1 kg/cm2 or 14-15 psi are generally not relevant. The largest pressure drops occur for small pipe sizes and high volume flow rates, while pressure drops are smallest for large pipe sizes and low volume flows.

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The Engineering Toolbox: Compressed Air - Pressure Drop in Pipelines

The document provides a table with data on the pressure drop in pipelines for compressed air at various volume flow rates and pipe sizes. It shows that as volume flow rate or pipe size increases, the pressure drop decreases. Pressure drops above 1 kg/cm2 or 14-15 psi are generally not relevant. The largest pressure drops occur for small pipe sizes and high volume flow rates, while pressure drops are smallest for large pipe sizes and low volume flows.

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The Engineering ToolBox

Compressed Air - Pressure Drop in Pipelines


Schedule 40 pipeline

Pressure 10 (kg/cm2) 142.67 (psi) Adjust pressure (kg/cm2)


Length 100 (m) 328.08 (ft) Adjust Length (m)

Volume Flow FAD 1/2 3/4


15.798 20.93
(m3/min) (cfm) (kg/cm2) (psi) (kg/cm2) (psi)
0.1 3.53 0.01 0.16 0.00 0.04
0.2 7.06 0.04 0.56 0.01 0.14
0.3 10.59 0.08 1.18 0.02 0.29
0.4 14.12 0.14 2.01 0.03 0.49
0.5 17.65 0.21 3.04 0.05 0.75
0.6 21.18 0.30 4.27 0.07 1.05
0.7 24.71 0.40 5.67 0.10 1.39
0.8 28.24 0.51 7.26 0.12 1.78
0.9 31.77 0.63 9.03 0.16 2.21
1 35.3 0.77 10.98 0.19 2.69
1.2 42.36 1.08 15.38 0.26 3.77
1.4 49.42 1.43 20.45 0.35 5.01
1.6 56.48 1.84 26.18 0.45 6.42
1.8 63.54 2.28 32.56 0.56 7.98
2 70.6 2.77 39.57 0.68 9.69
2.2 77.66 3.31 47.20 0.81 11.56
2.4 84.72 3.89 55.44 0.95 13.58
2.6 91.78 4.51 64.29 1.10 15.75
2.8 98.84 5.17 73.73 1.27 18.06
3 105.9 5.87 83.77 1.44 20.52
3.5 123.55 7.81 111.42 1.91 27.30
4 141.2 10.00 142.64 2.45 34.95
4.5 158.85 12.43 177.36 3.05 43.45
5 176.5 15.11 215.53 3.70 52.81
5.5 194.15 18.02 257.09 4.41 62.99
6 211.8 21.17 301.99 5.19 73.99
6.5 229.45 24.55 350.19 6.01 85.80
7 247.1 28.15 401.65 6.90 98.40
7.5 264.75 31.99 456.33 7.84 111.80
8 282.4 36.04 514.20 8.83 125.98
8.5 300.05 40.32 575.23 9.88 140.93
9 317.7 44.82 639.39 10.98 156.65
9.5 335.35 49.53 706.65 12.13 173.13
10 353 54.46 776.99 13.34 190.36
15 529.5 115.31 1,645.08 28.25 403.04
20 706 196.33 2,801.07 48.10 686.26
25 882.5 296.67 4,232.60 72.68 1,036.98
30 1059 415.68 5,930.51 101.84 1,452.97
35 1235.5 552.85 7,887.58 135.45 1,932.45
40 1412 707.78 10,097.85 173.40 2,473.96
45 1588.5 880.09 12,556.28 215.62 3,076.28
50 1765 1,069.50 15,258.52 262.03 3,738.32
55 1941.5 1,275.72 18,200.74 312.55 4,459.16
60 2118 1,498.53 21,379.51 367.14 5,237.96
65 2294.5 1,737.70 24,791.78 425.74 6,073.96
70 2471 1,993.04 28,434.75 488.29 6,966.49
75 2647.5 2,264.38 32,305.86 554.77 7,914.91
80 2824 2,551.54 36,402.77 625.12 8,918.64
85 3000.5 2,854.37 40,723.30 699.32 9,977.17
90 3177 3,172.74 45,265.43 777.32 11,089.99
95 3353.5 3,506.50 50,027.25 859.09 12,256.63
100 3530 3,855.54 55,007.00 944.60 13,476.66
150 5295 8,163.08 116,462.69 1,999.95 28,533.25
200 7060 13,899.23 198,300.35 3,405.30 48,583.40
250 8825 21,002.66 299,644.98 5,145.63 73,412.74
300 10590 29,427.93 419,848.22 7,209.81 102,862.42
350 12355 39,139.13 558,398.03 9,589.05 136,806.99
400 14120 50,106.76 714,873.14 12,276.11 175,143.24
450 15885 62,305.80 888,916.86 15,264.86 217,783.79
500 17650 75,714.64 1,080,220.71 18,550.01 264,653.05
550 19415 90,314.26 1,288,513.49 22,126.91 315,684.58
600 21180 ### 1,513,553.60 25,991.39 370,819.20
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sure (kg/cm2)

Pressure Drop NOTE! Pressure drops above 1 kg/cm2 (14-15 psi) are in general not relevant.
Pipe Size / Inside diameter
1 1 1/4 1 1/2 2
26.645 32.462 40.894 52.501
(kg/cm2) (psi) (kg/cm2) (psi) (kg/cm2) (psi) (kg/cm2) (psi)
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.01 0.09 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
0.01 0.15 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00
0.02 0.22 0.01 0.08 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01
0.02 0.31 0.01 0.12 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.01
0.03 0.42 0.01 0.15 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.01
0.04 0.53 0.01 0.20 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02
0.05 0.66 0.02 0.25 0.01 0.08 0.00 0.02
0.06 0.80 0.02 0.30 0.01 0.09 0.00 0.03
0.08 1.13 0.03 0.42 0.01 0.13 0.00 0.04
0.11 1.50 0.04 0.56 0.01 0.18 0.00 0.05
0.13 1.92 0.05 0.71 0.02 0.23 0.00 0.06
0.17 2.39 0.06 0.89 0.02 0.28 0.01 0.08
0.20 2.90 0.08 1.08 0.02 0.34 0.01 0.10
0.24 3.46 0.09 1.29 0.03 0.41 0.01 0.12
0.28 4.06 0.11 1.51 0.03 0.48 0.01 0.14
0.33 4.71 0.12 1.75 0.04 0.55 0.01 0.16
0.38 5.40 0.14 2.01 0.04 0.63 0.01 0.18
0.43 6.14 0.16 2.29 0.05 0.72 0.01 0.21
0.57 8.16 0.21 3.04 0.07 0.96 0.02 0.27
0.73 10.45 0.27 3.89 0.09 1.23 0.02 0.35
0.91 13.00 0.34 4.84 0.11 1.53 0.03 0.44
1.11 15.79 0.41 5.88 0.13 1.85 0.04 0.53
1.32 18.84 0.49 7.02 0.16 2.21 0.04 0.63
1.55 22.13 0.58 8.24 0.18 2.60 0.05 0.75
1.80 25.66 0.67 9.56 0.21 3.01 0.06 0.86
2.06 29.43 0.77 10.96 0.24 3.46 0.07 0.99
2.34 33.44 0.87 12.46 0.28 3.93 0.08 1.13
2.64 37.68 0.98 14.04 0.31 4.42 0.09 1.27
2.95 42.15 1.10 15.70 0.35 4.95 0.10 1.42
3.28 46.85 1.22 17.45 0.39 5.50 0.11 1.58
3.63 51.78 1.35 19.29 0.43 6.08 0.12 1.74
3.99 56.93 1.49 21.21 0.47 6.69 0.13 1.92
8.45 120.54 3.15 44.91 0.99 14.15 0.28 4.06
14.39 205.24 5.36 76.46 1.69 24.10 0.48 6.91
21.74 310.13 8.10 115.54 2.55 36.42 0.73 10.44
30.46 434.53 11.35 161.89 3.58 51.03 1.03 14.63
40.51 577.93 15.09 215.32 4.76 67.87 1.36 19.46
51.86 739.88 19.32 275.65 6.09 86.88 1.75 24.91
64.49 920.01 24.02 342.76 7.57 108.04 2.17 30.98
78.36 1,118.01 29.20 416.53 9.20 131.29 2.64 37.64
93.47 1,333.59 34.82 496.85 10.98 156.60 3.15 44.90
109.80 1,566.50 40.91 583.62 12.89 183.95 3.70 52.74
127.32 1,816.52 47.44 676.77 14.95 213.31 4.29 61.16
146.03 2,083.44 54.41 776.22 17.15 244.66 4.92 70.15
165.91 2,367.08 61.81 881.89 19.48 277.97 5.59 79.70
186.95 2,667.27 69.65 993.73 21.95 313.22 6.29 89.81
209.14 2,983.84 77.92 1,111.67 24.56 350.39 7.04 100.47
232.47 3,316.64 86.61 1,235.67 27.30 389.47 7.83 111.67
256.92 3,665.55 95.72 1,365.65 30.17 430.45 8.65 123.42
282.50 4,030.42 105.25 1,501.59 33.17 473.29 9.51 135.70
598.12 8,533.33 222.84 3,179.22 70.24 1,002.07 20.14 287.32
1,018.41 14,529.66 379.42 5,413.24 119.59 1,706.22 34.29 489.21
1,538.89 21,955.28 573.34 8,179.77 180.71 2,578.22 51.81 739.23
2,156.21 30,762.69 803.33 11,461.11 253.20 3,612.48 72.60 1,035.77
2,867.76 40,914.36 1,068.43 15,243.27 336.76 4,804.59 96.56 1,377.58
3,671.37 52,379.45 1,367.82 19,514.76 431.13 6,150.94 123.61 1,763.61
4,565.21 65,131.80 1,700.84 24,265.84 536.09 7,648.46 153.71 2,192.98
5,547.68 79,148.82 2,066.87 29,488.09 651.47 9,294.48 186.79 2,664.93
6,617.41 94,410.63 2,465.42 35,174.11 777.09 11,086.68 222.81 3,178.79
7,773.15 ### 2,896.01 41,317.31 912.80 13,022.98 261.72 3,733.97
general not relevant.

2 1/2 3 4
62.713 63.713 64.713
(kg/cm2) (psi) (kg/cm2) (psi) (kg/cm2) (psi)
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01
0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01
0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01
0.00 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.02
0.00 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.02
0.00 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.03
0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.03
0.00 0.05 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04
0.00 0.06 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.05
0.00 0.07 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.06
0.01 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.06
0.01 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.07
0.01 0.11 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.10
0.01 0.14 0.01 0.13 0.01 0.12
0.01 0.18 0.01 0.17 0.01 0.15
0.02 0.22 0.01 0.20 0.01 0.19
0.02 0.26 0.02 0.24 0.02 0.22
0.02 0.31 0.02 0.28 0.02 0.26
0.02 0.36 0.02 0.33 0.02 0.30
0.03 0.41 0.03 0.38 0.02 0.35
0.03 0.46 0.03 0.43 0.03 0.40
0.04 0.52 0.03 0.48 0.03 0.45
0.04 0.58 0.04 0.54 0.03 0.50
0.05 0.65 0.04 0.60 0.04 0.55
0.05 0.72 0.05 0.66 0.04 0.61
0.06 0.79 0.05 0.73 0.05 0.67
0.12 1.67 0.11 1.54 0.10 1.43
0.20 2.84 0.18 2.63 0.17 2.43
0.30 4.29 0.28 3.97 0.26 3.67
0.42 6.02 0.39 5.56 0.36 5.14
0.56 8.00 0.52 7.39 0.48 6.84
0.72 10.24 0.66 9.46 0.61 8.76
0.89 12.74 0.82 11.77 0.76 10.89
1.08 15.48 1.00 14.30 0.93 13.23
1.29 18.46 1.20 17.06 1.11 15.78
1.52 21.69 1.40 20.04 1.30 18.54
1.76 25.15 1.63 23.24 1.51 21.50
2.02 28.85 1.87 26.65 1.73 24.65
2.30 32.77 2.12 30.28 1.96 28.01
2.59 36.93 2.39 34.12 2.21 31.56
2.90 41.31 2.68 38.17 2.47 35.31
3.22 45.92 2.97 42.43 2.75 39.25
3.56 50.75 3.29 46.89 3.04 43.38
3.91 55.80 3.61 51.56 3.34 47.69
8.28 118.14 7.65 109.16 7.08 100.98
14.10 201.16 13.03 185.86 12.05 171.94
21.31 303.97 19.69 280.85 18.21 259.81
29.85 425.91 27.58 393.52 25.52 364.04
39.70 566.46 36.68 523.38 33.94 484.17
50.83 725.19 46.96 670.04 43.45 619.84
63.20 901.75 58.40 833.17 54.02 770.75
76.81 1,095.81 70.97 1,012.47 65.65 936.62
91.62 1,307.11 84.65 1,207.70 78.31 1,117.23
107.62 1,535.40 99.43 1,418.63 91.99 1,312.35

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