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Natural Gas Pipeline Sizing

This web application does the Natural Gas Pipeline Sizing
calculation based on General flow equation, AGA,
Weymouth, Panhandle-A, Panhandle-B, IGT equation.

Gas Data
Solve For

Gas Flowrate

Pipeline Inlet Pressure, P1

1000 psia

Pipeline Outlet Pressure, P2

800.0 psia

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Gas Pressure at Base Condition, Pb

14.70 psia

Gas Temperature at Base Condition, Tb

60.00 °F

Gas Properties
Specific Gravity, G

0.60

Flowing Temperature, Tf

70.00 °F

Compressibility Factor, Z

CNGA Method

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Gas Viscosity, μ
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User Defined

Viscosity

0.012 centipoise

Pipeline Data
Pipe Length, L

10.00 mile

Pipe Inside Diameter, D Select

19.00 inch

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Pipe Roughness, ε

0.000700 inch

Elevation Difference, ΔH

100.0 ft

Pipeline Efficiency, E

0.95

Equation

Weymouth

In USCS Units,
0.5
P12 − es P22
Q = 433.49 ∗ E ( ) ( )
Tb
∗ D8/3
​ ​ ​

​ ​

Pb GTf Le Z
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where,
Q is volumetric flow rate in SCFD REPORT UNITS CONTACT
E is pipeline efficiency
Pb is base pressure in psia
Tb is base temperature in °R
P1 is upstream pressure in psia
P2 is downstream pressure in psia
G is gas gravity
Tf is gas flowing temperature in °R
Z is gas compressibility factor
D is pipe inside diameter in inch
Le is equivalent length in mile
s is elevation adjustment parameter

Result

Pressure, Pavg psia 903.7

Z Factor, Z - 0.879

Length, Le mile 10.02

Viscosity, μ cP 0.0120

Friction Factor, f 0.0133

Transmission Factor, F 17.35

Gas Flowrate, Q MMSCFD 422.4

Velocity Inlet ft/s 32.71

Velocity Outlet ft/s 40.89

Erosional Velocity ft/s 53.59

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Equation Flowrate (MMSCFD)

General Flow Equation 483.1

AGA Method 487.1

Weymouth 422.4

Panhandle A 567.0

Panhandle B 535.9

IGT Equation 565.4

Reference
1. Gas Pipeline Hydraulics by E. Shashi Menon (2005)

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