GAS PIPE VELOCITY

(Ideal Gas)
10000.00

1000.00
INTERNAL PIPE VELOCITY (FT/SEC)

100.00

2" PIPE
10.00 3" PIPE
4" PIPE
5 " PIPE
6" PIPE
8" PIPE
1.00
10" PIPE
12" PIPE

0.10
10 100 1,000 10,000
PRESSURE (PSIG)
VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 5 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 1.69 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 2" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 839.61
100 473.29
200 252.74
300 172.41
400 130.82
500 105.40
600 88.25
700 75.90
800 66.58
900 59.30
1,000 53.46
2,000 26.92
3,000 17.99
4,000 13.51
5,000 10.82
6,000 9.02
7,000 7.73
8,000 6.77
9,000 6.02
10,000 5.42
 = 60 0
F
= 57.87 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.0156 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 2 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 3" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 1222.06
100 688.87
200 367.87
300 250.94
400 190.41
500 153.41
600 128.45
700 110.47
800 96.91
900 86.32
1,000 77.81
1,200 65.00
3,000 26.19
4,000 19.66
5,000 15.74
6,000 13.13
7,000 11.25
8,000 9.85
9,000 8.76
10,000 7.88
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.0218 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 4 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 4" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 305.51
100 172.22
200 91.97
300 62.73
400 47.60
500 38.35
600 32.11
700 27.62
800 24.23
900 21.58
1,000 19.45
2,000 9.80
3,000 6.55
4,000 4.92
5,000 3.94
6,000 3.28
7,000 2.81
8,000 2.46
9,000 2.19
10,000 1.97
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.0873 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 5 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 5 " PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 195.53
100 110.22
200 58.86
300 40.15
400 30.47
500 24.55
600 20.55
700 17.68
800 15.51
900 13.81
1,000 12.45
2,000 6.27
3,000 4.19
4,000 3.15
5,000 2.52
6,000 2.10
7,000 1.80
8,000 1.58
9,000 1.40
10,000 1.26
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.1364 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 6 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 6" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 135.78
100 76.54
200 40.87
300 27.88
400 21.16
500 17.05
600 14.27
700 12.27
800 10.77
900 9.59
1,000 8.65
2,000 4.35
3,000 2.91
4,000 2.18
5,000 1.75
6,000 1.46
7,000 1.25
8,000 1.09
9,000 0.97
10,000 0.88
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.1963 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 8 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 8" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 76.38
100 43.05
200 22.99
300 15.68
400 11.90
500 9.59
600 8.03
700 6.90
800 6.06
900 5.39
1,000 4.86
2,000 2.45
3,000 1.64
4,000 1.23
5,000 0.98
6,000 0.82
7,000 0.70
8,000 0.62
9,000 0.55
10,000 0.49
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.3491 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 10 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 10" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 48.88
100 27.55
200 14.71
300 10.04
400 7.62
500 6.14
600 5.14
700 4.42
800 3.88
900 3.45
1,000 3.11
2,000 1.57
3,000 1.05
4,000 0.79
5,000 0.63
6,000 0.53
7,000 0.45
8,000 0.39
9,000 0.35
10,000 0.32
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.5454 cubic ft

VELOCITY AND PIPE SIZES
temp
Rate = 10 mmscfd
Assume Standard Pressure = 14.6 psia
Pipe ID = 12 in

VELOCITY FT/SEC (ideal gas)

PRESSURE (psig) 12" PIPE VELOCITY (0.65 grav gas)
50 33.95
100 19.14
200 10.22
300 6.97
400 5.29
500 4.26
600 3.57
700 3.07
800 2.69
900 2.40
1,000 2.16
2,000 1.09
3,000 0.73
4,000 0.55
5,000 0.44
6,000 0.36
7,000 0.31
8,000 0.27
9,000 0.24
10,000 0.22
 = 70 0
F
= 115.74 scf/sec

Pipe vol/ft = 0.7854 cubic ft

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