Method:

 Select the point on the saturated steam line at 7 bar g, and mark Point A.
 From point A, draw a horizontal line to the steam flowrate of 270 kg/h, and mark Point B.
 From point B, draw a vertical line towards the top of the nomogram (Point C).
 Draw a horizontal line from 0.24 bar/100 m on the pressure loss scale (Line DE).
 The point at which lines DE and BC cross will indicate the pipe size required. In this case, a
40 mm pipe is too small, and a 50 mm pipe would be used.

It is worth noting, however, that if the pipe run is particularly long and in exposed
conditions, it is worth checking the running load of the pipe covered in Module 2.12
– “Steam consumption of pipes and air heaters”. The running load should then be
added on to the steam consumption to give the total steam load and the selected
pipe checked to ensure it is still correctly sized.