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Pipe Flow Calculations

This document provides information about pipe flow calculations for a problem where water at 150°F is pumped from a collecting tank located at an elevation of 2800 feet above sea level. It includes equations, a conceptual design drawing, calculations for head losses along different pipe lengths, and concludes that the pump selected meets the net positive suction head required.

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Pipe Flow Calculations

This document provides information about pipe flow calculations for a problem where water at 150°F is pumped from a collecting tank located at an elevation of 2800 feet above sea level. It includes equations, a conceptual design drawing, calculations for head losses along different pipe lengths, and concludes that the pump selected meets the net positive suction head required.

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Pipe Flow

Calculations

February 16, 2023

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Problem Statement
Water at 150 °F is to be pumped from a collecting tank located at the basement
level (elevation 2800' above sea level). Both the suction and discharge tanks have a
square section (6'L x 6'W x 10'H), the overflow level is at 8' from the bottom of the
tanks. The flow through the pump is 500 US gpm and it is located on the basement
floor. There is a filter on the suction line and a heat exchanger on the discharge
side of the pump. The manufacturer of the filter specifies that there will be a
pressure drop of 3 psi at 500 gpm. The manufacturer of the heat exchanger
specifies that there will be a pressure drop of 5 psi at 500 gpm. There is a branch
on the discharge side of the pump that requires 100 gpm. The control valve
pressure head drop will be 10' of fluid. All the manual valves are fully open
butterfly valves.

Conceptual Design (Schematic Drawing)

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Equations: hL = f(L/D)(V2/2g) and DPf = rghL and hf = (fLV2/2gD)

-L1
Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 0.1 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 0.1166 ft

-L2

Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 0.05 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 0.1168 ft

-L3
Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 0.62 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 0.5139 ft

-L4
Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 0.52 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 0.8175 ft

-L5
Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 7.75 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 3.364 ft

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-L6
Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 15.42 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 1.3859 ft

-L7

Major Frictional Head Loss, hf = 0.77 ft

Minor Frictional Head Loss, hL1 = 1.5399 ft

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Useful tables

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-Pump Selection

NPSHR = 8 ft < NPSHA= 26.617 ft

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CONCLUSION
The Moody friction factor equations given in this course are the
essential tools for calculations involving the parameters fluid
flow rate, Q, through a pipe of diameter, D, length, L, and
roughness, with frictional head loss, hL. Other parameters that
are often used in the equations are: fluid density p, fluid
viscosity, average fluid velocity, V, and Reynolds number, Re.
This project included discussion of the steps used in three
common types of calculations with these parameters that require
one or more iterative calculations. The three types of
calculations are calculation of frictional head loss, required pipe
diameter, or fluid flow rate, when the other parameters are
known. The use of Excel spreadsheets for the calculations was
illustrated with several examples.

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