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James
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Hi James,
You wish to know what flow rate, in gallons per
minute, you can expect to discharge from the end of
your new pipe. Flow moves through pipe due to
a difference in pressure between each end. You have
a driving force of 250 psi. If we convert this to
feet of water, (multiply by 2.31) we get a driving
force of about 577.5 feet.
Now, flow through the 2" pipe will be resisted by
basically two main
effects (let us keep this simple OK?). You have the
change in elevation,
and you have the friction loss in the pipe due to the
water flowing
through it. The elevation change is simple, it is
200 feet and since we
are going uphill, we subtract this directly from the
driving force. So,
now our driving force is 377.5 feed of "head" as we
call it.
Friction loss is a little more tricky, I use an
empirical formula called
Hazen-Williams for the calculation. This formula is
H(friction) = 0.002083 * L * (100/C)^1.85 *
( gpm^1.85/d^4.8655)
Friction loss is equal to a constant times L which is
the equivalent
length of straight pipe. C is a roughness factor of
the pipe in use.
If you are using new steel pipe or smooth plastic,
use 120 here for the
value of C. Little d is the inside diameter of your
pipe in inches.
Gpm is your chosen flow rate.
So, let us figure some of this out. Equivalent
length of pipe equals the
total length of pipe plus conversion of fittings to
pipe length. For
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