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Pipeline Flow Equations Comparison

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Equation Best Application

Panhandle A High-pressure, large-diameter pipelines


Panhandle B Smaller diameter, lower pressure systems
Weymouth Short, high-pressure pipelines
Darcy-Weisbach General fluid mechanics
Colebrook-White Friction factor calculation in turbulent flow

Key:

Q = flow rate (MMSCFD)


D = pipeline diameter (inches)
ΔP = pressure drop (psi)
L = length of the pipeline (miles)
Z = compressibility factor (dimensionless)
T = temperature (Rankine)
f = Darcy friction factor (dimensionless)
ε = pipe roughness (m)
Re = Reynolds number (dimensionless)
v = fluid velocity (m/s)
Equation Formula
Q = 433.5 * D^2.63 * sqrt(ΔP) / (L^0.853 * Z^0.69 * T^0.5)
Q = 433.5 * D^2.618 * sqrt(ΔP) / (L^0.85 * Z^0.725 * T^0.5)
Q = 520 * D^2 * sqrt(ΔP) / (L * sqrt(T * Z))
ΔP = f * (L / D) * (ρ * v^2 / 2)
1/sqrt(f) = -2 * log10((ε / D) / 3.7 + 2.51 / (Re * sqrt(f)))
Advantages
Accounts for compressibility, good for large-scale gas transmission
Better suited for smaller pipelines with lower pressure
Simple, easy to use
Accurate, accounts for friction, applicable to both gases and liquids
Highly accurate for friction in turbulent flow
Disadvantages
Less accurate for short or low-pressure pipelines
Complex coefficients limit general application
Neglects friction and temperature effects over long distances
Requires friction factor, more complex than empirical equations
Requires iterative methods to solve

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