Roof Drain-Tank Design
Roof Drain-Tank Design
Roof Drain-Tank Design
Rigid Pipe
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Rigid Pipe
13 .1 GEOMETRIC DATA
Tank Nominal Diameter = 39,000 mm
Tank Height, = 20,100 mm
Roof lowest height, H = 1500 mm
Drain outlet nozzle elevation, z = 225 mm
2
Roof Deck Area = 920.30 m
13 .3 TOTAL HEAD
V2
H = h+
2g
13 .4 TOTAL HEAD LOSS OF ROOF DRAIN PIPE
V2 K L'
h= x
2g D
Where
H = Total head between the lowest position of deck and the = 1.275 m
roof drain nozzle
G = Gravity acceleration
K = Friction Coefficient
- For rigid pipe : K1 = 0.0168
- For flexible pipe : K2 = 0.03
L' = Total equivalent length of drain pipe
D = Inside Diameter of drain pipe = 0.08448 m
H=
V2 K1 L1' K2 L2'
H= + + 1
2g D D
13 .7 FLOW VELOCITY
2gH
V= K1 L1' K2 L2' = 1.15 m/s
+ + 1
D D