Input

Calculated
Table 1 as per Swagelok Tubing Datasheet, page 5/16.
As per PID B-022, note 3, it stated that it is 6 mm OD x 4
mm ID 316 SS tube.
Example
Inlet Tube
Outlet tube
Tube OD
0.25 inch
0.50 inch
Wall Thickness
0.028 inch
0.049 inch
Tube ID
0.194 inch
0.402 inch
6.35 mm
0.71 mm
4.93 mm

12.70 mm
1.24 mm
10.2108 mm

This graph is taken from Crane Technical Paper 410,

page A-23
The tube absolute roughness is 0.0015 mm
=
0.0015 mm
This value later will be used to estimate the value of
friction factor at complete turbulence condition

This worksheet is to evaluate the friction factor

Firstly, to estimate the relative roughness
Relative roughness = /d
=
0.0015 mm
d=
6.35 mm
Relative roughness = 0.000236
= 0.00024
From the relative roughness, the friction factor is obtained from the
graph. The region selected is at 'complete turbulence'
This graph is taken from Crane Technical Paper 410,
page A-24
From the calculated roughness, the estimated friction factor is f =
0.014