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PSI:
Pounds per square inch, the standard measurement of pressure in the United States.
Water Velocity:
The accepted standard for water velocity in piping systems is 5 feet per second or less. As flow increases in any given pipe size, the velocity of that water also increases. As velocity and/or flow increases in any given pipe size, the PSI loss also increases. The means of decreasing pressure loss for a given flow is to increase pipe size. (diameter)
Friction Loss:
The PSI loss which results from friction against the interior walls of pipes, directional fittings, valves or any other obstruction to the irrigation water. Once again, as flow increases so does friction loss. Friction loss is synonymous with PSI loss.
Feet of Head:
Another term for water pressure. Pressure is directly affected by elevation change, and each 2.31 vertical feet of change upwards will decrease pressure by 1 psi in a holding tank. That is why such enormous pressures exist in
the deep ocean; enough to crush a submarine as depth increases. Another way to look at it: each 1 foot elevation change equals .433 "feet of head".
Conversion Factors:
Pressure
To Convert From: PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI Feet of Head Bars (metric) Bars Bars Bars Bars Bars Into: Feet of Water Pounds/Sq.Foot Atmospheres Bars (metric) Inches Water @ 39.2 F Millimeters Mercury @ 0 C PSI PSI Feet of Head Pounds/Square Foot Atmospheres Centimeters Mercury @ 0 C Inches Mercury @ 32 F Multiply By: 2.307 144 .06805 .06895 27.681 51.715 .433501 14.5038 33.4883 2089 .98692 75.0062 29.53
Flow
To Convert From: GPM GPM GPM GPM GPM GPM GPM Into: Gallons/Hour Cu. Feet/Second Cu. Feet/hour Cu. Meters/Second (metric) Cu. Meters/Hour Liters/Second (metric) Liters/Minute Multiply by: 60 .002228 8.0208 .000063 .2268 .06308 3 7853
GPM GPM GPM Millions Gallons/Day Millions Gallons/Day Millions Gallons/Day Millions Gallons/Day Liters/Minute (metric) Liters/Minute Liters/Minute Liters/Minute
Liters/Minute Acre-Feet/Day Millions Gallons/Day Acre-Feet/Day Acre-Inches/Day Gallons/Hour GPM GPM Gallons/Second Cu. Feet/Second Cu. Feet/Minute
3.7853 .0044192 694.444 3.0689 36.8266 41,666.667 .00144 .26418 .004403 .000588 .0353
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