AIR PIPING FRICTION CALCULATION

Symbol
NPS
Pipe I.D

Flowrate

Flow vel.

5
5.047
0.128194
1455
0.686683
53.20258
10,472.9

Reynolds No.
Re
Rel. Roughness e/d
Friction Factor f

Unit
in
in
m
CFM
m3/s
m/s
fpm

4.55E+05 0.000359
0.016702

Straight Length Pipe pressure drop

Length
L
30.48 m
Head loss
hf
572.9209 m
Pressure drop dP
6744.424 Pa
Fittings
Amount Leq
Valves
Gate
Elbows
45
90
Tees
Total Leq
Total Leq + Lpipe
Total Head loss hf
Total Pressure Drop

0m

0
0
0

0m
0m
0m
0m
30.48 m
572.9209 m
6744.424 Pa
0.978196 psi

Sch.40

(air @ 20C, take v=1.50E-5)

(from Eq 6.64, White's, pp348)

(horizontal pipe only)

Air Properties
Temperature
Density
Dynamic Viscoscity
Kinematic Viscoscity

rho kg/m3
m Ns/m
u m/s

0
1.29
1.71E-05
1.33E-05

10
1.245
1.76E-05
1.42E-05

20
30
1.2 1.163333
1.80E-05 1.85E-05
1.50E-05
1.6E-05

50
1.09
1.95E-05
1.79E-05

Material Properties
roughness value

mm

Resistance Coeffcients, K
Fittings
Valves
Globe
Gate
Elbows
45 LR
90
90 LR
Tee
Pipe Wall Thickness (in)
Nominal Pipe Size
3
4
5
6
8
10

Steel, commercial
0.05

Flanged (inches)
4
6

Iron, wrought
0.046

6.00
0.16

5.90
0.12

5.80
0.07

0.19
0.3
0.3
0.14

0.18
0.28
0.28
0.12

0.16
0.26
0.25
0.1

O.D.
3.5
4.5
5.563
6.625
8.625
10.75

Sch.10

Sch.40
Sch.80
Sch.160
0.216
0.3
0.438
0.237
0.337
0.531
0.258
0.375
0.625
0.28
0.432
0.719
0.322
0.5
0.906
0.365
0.594
1.125

Plastic
0.0015