APPENDIX E

Friction Loss for Battery Room 1-1/2" pipe size

FRICTION LOSS POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH HEAD PER 100 FEET LE~~GTH
(\J ("') .q- LO f.D ....... COO;'O a
10000 0 0 c:i c:i c:i 0 0 0 0 ~ C\I ('>') '<T L(') to ....... eo m~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Rg ~ ~
10000
9000 r--------....,......,......,....,....-~......,.....-l"""""I"',...........,.....,......,."..,~-~......,.....--~~"'r"""""r"'.,.....,
8000 9000
7000 ~835
6000 FAIRLY SMOOTH 6000
5000 5000
4000 4000

3000 3000

2000 2000

1000
900
000
700
000
500
400 400
w 300 300
I-
:J w
Z I-
200 :J
~ 200 Z
a:
w ~
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(f)
w
n..
z
o.....J 100 100
(f)
z
.....J 90 90 0
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~ BO .....J
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~
70 70 ('J
60 60
:5: ~
50 50
9 :5:
l..L
40 40 9
l..L

30 30

20 20

16.0
10 10
9 9
B 8
7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3

1.50
FRICTION LOSS POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH HEAD PER 100 FEET LE~~GTH

FIGURE E103.3(5)
FRICTION LOSS IN FAIRLY SMOOTH-PIPEa-

For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 gpm = 3.785 Lim, 1 psi = 6.895 kPa,
1 foot per second = 0.305 m/s.
a. This chart applies to smooth new steel (fairly smooth) pipe and to actual diameters of standard-weight pipe.

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