Elevated tank and piping calculation
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:35 pm
Hello,
I am a newbie to the forum, and have a question was hoping to get help with. Seems like there is a lot of good information being exchanged here.
It's been a while since I have used bernoulli's equation so hoping I could get some help.
I have a bulk storage tank that tank sits 2.74m above floor level (floor to bottom of tank). At it lowest running volume, the tank fluid level would be 3.3m above floor level. A pipe connects directly to the bottom of the tank, where it runs 30m to its final destination. The pipe eventally discharges into another tank at a level of 0.3m above floor level. With varouius dips and turns along the way, the pipe has 8-90deg and 2-45deg elbows. What I am trying to determine is what would be a typical volumetric flow rate for different sized pipes.
The solution that is flowing through the pipe has a density of 1360 kg/m3.
We are currently changing the construction material from 1" Stainless pipe (0.96" ID) to a Poly-lined steel pipe due to corrosion issues. The diameters we are considering are 1" (0.66" ID) and 1.5" (1.2" ID). The old stainless pipe took a completely different route than the new poly-lined pipe will take, but a rough estimate of the old flow rate was 20 LPM (varied with seasonal temperature and tank level). We are hoping to get a similar flow rate with the new pipes and pipe run.
Any guidance on what flow rates I can expect from the new 1" or 1.5" poly-lined pipe?
Thanks,
Dave
I am a newbie to the forum, and have a question was hoping to get help with. Seems like there is a lot of good information being exchanged here.
It's been a while since I have used bernoulli's equation so hoping I could get some help.
I have a bulk storage tank that tank sits 2.74m above floor level (floor to bottom of tank). At it lowest running volume, the tank fluid level would be 3.3m above floor level. A pipe connects directly to the bottom of the tank, where it runs 30m to its final destination. The pipe eventally discharges into another tank at a level of 0.3m above floor level. With varouius dips and turns along the way, the pipe has 8-90deg and 2-45deg elbows. What I am trying to determine is what would be a typical volumetric flow rate for different sized pipes.
The solution that is flowing through the pipe has a density of 1360 kg/m3.
We are currently changing the construction material from 1" Stainless pipe (0.96" ID) to a Poly-lined steel pipe due to corrosion issues. The diameters we are considering are 1" (0.66" ID) and 1.5" (1.2" ID). The old stainless pipe took a completely different route than the new poly-lined pipe will take, but a rough estimate of the old flow rate was 20 LPM (varied with seasonal temperature and tank level). We are hoping to get a similar flow rate with the new pipes and pipe run.
Any guidance on what flow rates I can expect from the new 1" or 1.5" poly-lined pipe?
Thanks,
Dave