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Air only pressure drop

DO NOT USE THIS METHOD FOR DETAIL DESIGN – ALWAYS CONSULT A REPUTABLE SUPPLIER FOR DETAIL DES

WARNING domain of applicability : This model is o


Design data
Transport by Pressure
Material Test
Line capacity kg/h 30000
Assumed pressure drop mbar 750
Minimum air conveying velocity m/s 14.2
Recommended pick-up velocity m/s 17.04
Gas nature Air
Molecular mass M g/mol 2.90E+01
Air viscosity mu_g Pa.s 1.80E-05
Temperature at compressor discharge Ta °c 2.70E+01
Pressure at compressor discharge p bar g 0.75
Specific weight of gas at compressor discharge r_g1 kg/m3 2.0
Pressure at reception p2 bar g 0
Specific weight of gas at compressor discharge r_g1 kg/m3 1.2
Required volumetric throughput at pick-up m3/h 1927.2
Compressor air mass flowrate ma kg/h 3949.0
kg/s 1.10
7.59688878
265.2582385
Pipe layout - please fill other spreadsheet
Pipe diameter d m 0.2
Pipe roughness e mm 0.1
Pipe horizontal length 110
Pipe vertical length 25
Number of bends 5
Pipe length L m 185

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Pressure
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PPLIER FOR DETAIL DESIGN

pplicability : This model is only valid in LEAN PHASE


Air velocity
Air velocity at compressor discharge C1 m/s 17.16901714
Air velocity at end of pipe C2 m/s 30.04578
Mean air velocity C m/s 23.60739857

Friction coefficient
Friction coefficient lambda - 0.004484234
Reynolds number Re - 4.21E+05
f (Moody) 0.017936934 1.90E-05 1.613982E-32
A 1.56579E+21 1.66E-05 0.000135
B 1.58099E-17
0.004484234

Psi 16.591664256

Pressure Conveying
Dpa bar 0.08453995 (air only pressure drop corrected with ave
p bar 1.74360143 (abs pressure at blower discharge)
DPcApproximate method, DO NOT USE
bar 0.73 (actual pressure with product)
FOR DETAIL DESIGN. ALWAYS
CONSULT A REPUTABLEVacuum Conveying
DpaCOMPANY bar 0.02917695 (air only pressure drop)
DPc bar 0.41 (actual pressure with product)

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P2^2 10266755625
109578.21843
31090505625
171318.05303
Pressure drop Pipe only DP Pa 8253
DP bar 0.08

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Pressure drop actual pipe Pa 8253
bar 0.08

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FANNING

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bs pressure at blower discharge)
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ir only pressure drop)


ctual pressure with product)

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