Example airflow charta

10
800
0
700
650 0 VE

From "Pneumatic points to ponder..." by Paul E. Solt, Powder and Bulk Engineering, March 2012; chart reprinted by permission of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
5 LO
600 0 CIT
0 Y, fpm
550
0
500
0
450
0
2 400 120
0 00
3

360
0
320 100
0 00
4

900
1 280 0
0
5

800
240 0
6

0
7
0.6 8 200
0.5 0
9 180
10
0
FRICTION LOSS, in. of water/100 ft 160 400

12
0 0
140

14
0

16
0.2 120

18
0

20
22
100

24
0

26
900

Air-Conditioning Engineers from the 1989 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals.

32
800

36
0.08 180

40
700 0

45
50
600

55
0.05

60
500

70

, in b
80

TER
90
400

100
ME
DIA
0.02

CT
300

DU
0.01
50 100 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10,000 20,000 50,000 100,000 400,000
Notes: a For standard air density (0.075 lb/ft3). AIR QUANTITY, cfm at 0.075 lb/ft3
bDuct diameter in this chart equals conveying line diameter.