Reference: Chemical engineering Design, Coulson and Richardson

Volume 6, Page No-201 onwards

Data:
Flow rate

m/hr

0.0016667 m/sec
Line size

1.5
0.0381

inch
m

Desnsity

1000

Kg/m

Viscosity

cp

79.5760

0.0011

Calculation
Length of the pipe
CSA of Line
Velocity

1.4626

m/sec

Dia of pipe

0.0381

Desnsity

Viscosity

1000.0000 Kg/m
0.0010

Kg/(m-sec)

Calculation of Friction factor

a)

From Graph
NRe
Abs. roughness
rel roughness

55725.518
0.046
0.0012073

From fig : 5.7, page 203---- find the friction factor from Nre, Rel roughness
f
b

0.004

From Formula
NRe

55725.518

0.0051707

Calculation of Pressure drop

del P

92410.732 pa

0.912023 atm
0.9421198 Kg/cm2

Lenght of the pipe

A
B

g/(m-sec)

considered commercial steel pipe

e, Rel roughness

enght of the pipe

Horizontal

30

Vertical

13

Equivalent length of fittings

Fitting

Qty

Equivalent Pipe dia

total

90 Std elbow

40

120

T-joints

60

240

Globe valve fully open

300

600

Total Equivalent Pipe dia

960

Diameter of pipe
total length (pressure loss due to fittings interm of head)

0.0381
36.576

Lneght of the pipe =A+B+C

79.576

m
m

m
m

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