Water Flow Through Schedule 40 Steel Pipes

Discharge

Pressure Drop per 100 Feet and Velocity in Schedule 40 Pipe 60 Degrees (Fahrenheit) Water

Gallons Per Minute

Cubic Feet Per Minute

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

Velocity (Ft. per Second)

Pressure Drop (PSI)

10"

12"

5"

6"

8"

700

93.6

2.85

0.112

2.01

0.047

11.23

3.43

7.78

1.35

4.49

0.343

750

100.26

3.05

0.127

2.15

0.054

12.03

3.92

8.33

1.55

4.81

0.392

800

106.92

3.25

0.143

2.29

0.061

14"

12.83

4.43

8.88

1.75

5.13

0.443

850

113.64

3.46

0.160

2.44

0.068

2.02

0.042

13.64

5.00

9.44

1.96

5.45

0.497

900

120.3

3.66

0.179

2.58

0.075

2.13

0.047

14.44

5.58

9.99

2.18

5.77

0.554

950

127.02

3.86

0.198

2.72

0.083

2.25

0.052

15.24

6.21

10.55

2.42

6.09

0.613

1,000

133.68

4.07

0.218

2.87

0.091

2.37

0.057

16.04

6.84

11.10

2.68

6.41

0.675

1,100

147.06

4.48

0.260

3.15

0.110

2.61

0.068

16"

17.65

8.23

12.22

3.22

7.05

0.807

1,200

160.44

4.88

0.306

3.44

0.128

2.85

0.080

2.18

0.042

13.33

3.81

7.70

0.948

1,300

173.76

5.29

0.355

3.73

0.150

3.08

0.093

2.36

0.048

14.43

4.45

8.33

1.11

1,400

187.14

5.70

0.409

4.01

0.171

3.32

0.107

2.54

0.055

15.55

5.13

8.98

1.28

1,500

200.52

6.10

0.466

4.30

0.195

3.56

0.122

2.72

0.063

16.66

5.85

9.62

1.46

1,600

213.9

6.51

0.527

4.59

0.219

3.79

0.138

2.90

0.071

18"

17.77

6.61

10.26

1.65

1,800

240.6

7.32

0.663

5.16

0.276

4.27

0.172

3.27

0.088

2.58

0.050

19.99

8.37

11.54

2.08

2,000

267.36

8.14

0.808

5.73

0.339

4.74

0.209

3.63

0.107

2.87

0.060

22.21

10.3

12.82

2.55

2,500

334.2

10.17

1.24

7.17

0.515

5.93

0.321

4.54

0.163

3.59

0.091

20"

16.03

3.94

3,000

401.04

12.20

1.76

8.60

0.731

7.11

0.451

5.45

0.232

4.30

0.129

3.46

0.075

19.24

5.59

3,500

467.88

14.24

2.38

10.03

0.982

8.30

0.607

6.35

0.312

5.02

0.173

4.04

0.101

24"

22.44

7.56

4,000

534.72

16.27

3.08

11.47

1.27

9.48

0.787

7.26

0.401

5.74

0.222

4.62

0.129

3.19

0.052

25.65

9.80

4,500

601.8

18.31

3.87

12.90

1.60

10.67

0.990

8.17

0.503

6.46

0.280

5.20

0.162

3.59

0.065

28.87

12.2

5,000

668.4

20.35

7.71

14.33

1.95

11.85

1.21

9.08

0.617

7.17

0.340

5.77

0.199

3.99

0.079

6,000

802.2

24.41

6.74

17.20

2.77

14.23

1.71

10.89

0.877

8.61

0.483

6.93

0.280

4.79

0.111

7,000

936

28.49

9.11

20.07

3.74

16.60

2.31

12.71

1.18

10.04

0.652

8.08

0.376

5.59

0.150

8,000

1069.2

22.93

4.84

18.96

2.99

14.52

1.51

11.47

0.839

9.23

0.488

6.38

0.192

9,000

1203

25.79

6.09

21.34

3.76

16.34

1.90

12.91

1.05

10.39

0.608

7.18

0.242

10,000

1336.8

28.66

7.46

23.71

4.61

18.15

2.34

14.34

1.28

11.54

0.739

7.98

0.294

12,000

1604.4

34.40

10.7

28.45

6.59

21.79

3.33

17.21

1.83

13.85

1.06

9.58

0.416

14,000

1871.4

33.19

8.89

25.42

4.49

20.08

2.45

16.16

1.43

11.17

0.562

16,000

2139

29.05

5.83

22.95

3.18

18.47

1.85

12.77

0.723

18,000

2406

32.68

7.31

25.82

4.03

20.77

2.32

14.36

0.907

20,000

2673.6

36.31

9.03

28.69

4.93

23.08

2.86

15.96

1.12