Pressure Drop Calculation Example

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Pressure Drop Calculations

Pump Discharge to Radiator

Sl.No. Description Units Parameter


1.0 Service Water
2.0 Pressure bar g 5
3.0 Temperature °C 35
4.0 Flow M3/hr 500
5.0 Specific volume m³/Kg 0.001089
6.0 Dynamic viscosity Kg/m sec 7.25E-04
7.0 Material of the pipe SA 106 Gr.B
8.0 Outside diameter of the pipe mm 323.9
9.0 Thickness mm 6.35
10.0 Inside diameter of the pipe mm 311.2
11.0 Flow area m² 0.0761
12.0 Volumetric flow m³/sec 0.1389
13.0 Flow velocity m/sec 1.83
14.0 Reynold's number 7.19E+05
15.0 Surface roughness mts. 0.04572
16.0 Assumed friction factor 0.01442 Change this value so that the
acutal and assumed are equal

17.0 Actual frictionfactor 0.01442


18.0 Straight pipe length mts. 98.000
19.0 Fittings
Bend/Tee/Valve Quantity L/D Equivalent length (mts)

180° bend = 5D 0 28 0.000


90° bend = 5D 0 16 0.000
90° bend =1.5D 19 28 165.558
45° bend =1.5D 1 16 4.979
TEE (Straight out) 0 20 0.000
TEE ( side outlet) 0 65 0.000
Gate valve (Open) 0 13 0.000
Gate valve (¼-closed) 0 39 0.000
Gate Valve (½-closed) 0 195 0.000
Gate vavle (¾-closed) 0 300 0.000
Membrane valve 0 200 0.000
Ball valve (spherical plug valve) 0 18 0.000
Needle valve 0 1000 0.000
Butterfly valve (larger then 6") 4 20 24.896
Globe valve 0 300 0.000
Nozzle (suction nozzle on vessel) 0 32 0.000
Check valve (in-line ball type) 0 150 0.000
Check valve (swing type) 2 135 84.024
Filter (Y-type and bucket type) 0 250 0.000
Equivalent fittings length 279.458

20.0 TOTAL LENGTH mts. 377.458

21.0 Pressure drop bar g 0.2676

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