total dynamic head (TDH)

WATER PUMPING TERMS

friction loss

Dankoff Solar Products, Inc.

pressure
head

OR
storage tank
(open discharge)

pressure tank
total
vertical
lift
discharge

surface pump

suction

static level
draw-down level

Water Source

submersible pump?
suction lift = 0

Water Pipe Sizing Chart

HEAD LOSS in VERTICAL FEET per HUNDRED FEET of pipe or

VERTICAL METERS per HUNDRED METERS of pipe
Friction Loss in Plastic Pipe with Standard Inside Diameter (SIDR)

Chart ONLY applies to: PVC pipe, Schedule 40 (160 PSI) and to
PE (polyethylene) pipe with SIDR designation (most common 100 PSI black pipe)
Nominal Pipe Diameter (Inches)
Actual Inside Diameter (Inches)
FLOW RATE

GPM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
150
200

LPM
3.8
7.6
11
15
19
23
27
30
34
38
42
46
53
61
68
76
83
91
99
106
114
133
152
171
190
208
227
246
265
284
303
322
341
360
379
569
759

Conergy Technical Services

Pipe Sizing Chart

1/2 *
.662

3/4
.82

1
1.05

Head Loss
1.13
4.16
8.55
14.8
22.2
31.0
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0.14
0.35
2.19
3.70
5.78
7.85
10.6
13.4
16.9
20.3
24.3
28.6
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0.05
0.14
0.32
0.53
0.81
1.00
1.52
1.94
2.43
2.93
3.51
4.11
5.47
7.02
8.73
10.6
13.3
14.9
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1 1/4
1.38

1 1/2
1.61

2
2.07

2 1/2
2.47

3
3.07

4
4.03

5
5.05

6
6.06

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0.02
0.05
0.09
0.16
0.25
0.35
0.46
0.58
0.72
0.88
1.04
1.22
1.64
2.10
2.61
3.16
3.79
4.44
5.15
5.91
6.72
8.94
11.0
14.2
17.3
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NOTE:
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1/2"data applies to PE pipe only.
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PVC has smaller ID of .612"
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0.02
0.05
0.09
0.12
0.18
0.23
0.30
0.37
0.46
0.53
0.65
0.85
1.09
1.34
1.64
1.96
2.31
2.66
3.05
3.46
4.62
5.91
7.37
8.96
10.7
12.5
14.5
16.7
19.0
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0.02
0.04
0.07
0.08
0.09
0.12
0.16
0.18
0.21
0.28
0.37
0.46
0.55
0.67
0.79
0.90
1.04
1.18
1.57
1.99
2.49
3.03
3.60
4.23
4.90
5.64
6.40
7.21
8.06
8.96
9.91
10.9
23.1
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0.02
0.03
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.08
0.09
0.12
0.14
0.18
0.21
0.25
0.30
0.35
0.42
0.46
0.62
0.79
0.97
1.20
1.43
1.66
1.94
2.22
2.52
2.84
3.19
3.53
3.90
4.30
9.10
15.5

NOTE: Shaded values

. at velocities
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.over 5 .
are
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should
be. selected
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0.08 0.02
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0.09 0.03
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0.11 0.04
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0.14 0.05
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0.16 0.05
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0.18 0.06
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0.23 0.07
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0.30 0.09 0.02
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0.37 0.12 0.04
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0.46 0.14 0.05
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0.55 0.16 0.06
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0.65 0.18 0.07 0.02
0.74 0.22 0.08 0.03
0.85 0.25 0.09 0.04
0.97 0.28 0.10 0.05
1.09 0.32 0.12 0.06
1.22 0.37 0.13 0.07
1.36 0.39 0.14 0.08
1.50 0.44 0.16 0.09
1.66
0.49 0.18 0.12
3.50
1.04 0.37 0.16
5.98
1.76 0.62 0.28
Rev # 1
August 2007