Piping Design

Zones
 Piping Design

Flow Rate
Friction loss
Velocity
Diameter
 ‫‪Piping Design‬‬
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‫) √ ( ‪Load Estimation‬‬
‫‪1 Ton = 2.4 GPM‬‬

‫) ‪( Flow Rate‬‬

‫‪ GPM = Btu/h / 500 *∆t ◦f‬‬

‫‪= 12000/500*10 = 2.4 GPM‬‬
 1/8"
1/4"
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Diameter
1"
1 1/4"
1 1/2" Schedule 40 Black Steel
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 CHILLED WATER PIPE SIZING AND FLOW RANGE GPM
FLOW PRESSURE LOSS* ft/100 VELOCITY ROD **
PIPE* inch HANGER SPACE** meter ROD * inch
gpm* ft ft/s* mm
1/8" 0.16 2.52 0.9 2.1 1/4" 6.4
1/4" 0.31 2.06 0.96 2.1 1/4" 6.4
3/8" 0.72 2.48 1.21 2.1 1/4" 6.4
1/2" 1.4 2.5 1.48 2.1 1/4" 6.4
3/4" 3 2.58 1.8 2.1 1/4" 6.4
1" 5.6 2.44 2.08 2.1 1/4" 6.4
1 1/4" 12 2.53 2.57 2.7 3/8" 10
1 1/2" 18 2.49 2.84 2.7 3/8" 10
2" 35 2.46 3.35 3 3/8" 10
2 1/2" 56 2.44 3.75 3.4 3/8" 10
3" 102 2.53 4.43 3.7 3/8" 10
4" 208 2.49 5.24 4.3 1/2" 13
6" 617 2.5 6.85 5.2 1/2" 13
8" 1275 2.5 8.18 5.8 5/8" 16
10" 2320 2.5 9.44 6.1 3/4" 19
12" 3525 2.25 10 7 7/8" 22
14" 4300 2 10 7.6 1" 25
16" 5700 1.7 10 8.2 1" 25
18" 7280 1.46 10 8.5 1 1/4" 32
20" 9070 1.28 10 9.1 1 1/4" 32
24" 13230 1.02 10
26" 15600 0.93 10
28" 18180 0.85 10
30" 20950 0.78 10
32" 32900 0.72 10
Fitting
 Fitting
Globe Y- Gate Check 90° 45° 2-Way Equal Tee- Equal 3/4Reduce 1/2Reduced
Valve Strainer Valve Valve Elbow Elbow Valve Branch Tee-Run d Tee-Run Tee-Run
3/4"
Ø 22 3 0.9 8 2 0.9 32 4 1.4 1.9 2
1" Ø 29 5 1 10 2.6 1.3 43 5 1.7 2.3 2.6
1¼" Ø 38 9 1.5 14 3.3 1.7 67 7 2.3 3.1 3.3
1½" Ø 43 10 1.8 16 4 1.5 89 8 2.6 3.7 4
2" Ø 55 27 2.3 20 5 2.6 172 10 3.3 4.7 5
2½" Ø 69 28 2.8 25 6 3.2 240 12 4.1 5.6 6
3"Ø 84 42 3.2 30 7.5 4 294 15 5 7 7.5
4" Ø 120 60 4.5 40 10 5.2 548 21 6.7 9 10
5" Ø 140 80 6 50 13 6.5 800 25 8.2 12 13
6" Ø 170 110 7 60 16 7.9 1075 30 10 14 16
8" Ø 220 150 9 80 20 10 1591 40 13 18 20
10" Ø 280 190 12 100 25 13 2159 50 16 23 25
12" Ø 320 250 13 120 30 16 3200 60 19 26 30
14" Ø 360 15 135 34 18 68 23 30 34
16" Ø 410 17 150 38 20 78 26 35 38
18" Ø 460 19 165 42 23 85 29 40 42
20" Ø 520 22 200 50 26 100 33 44 50
24" Ø 610 25 240 60 30 115 40 50 60