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1 Appendix A6.3
2 Calculation of Friction Losses in Sludge Pipelines
3 for Gravity conditions and pumped conditions
4 For Gravity Conditions
5 Pipe material considered is UPVC

6 value of Manning's n Enter from Table 3.11

7 Discharge rate m3/day Enter by Designer

8 Discharge rate in liters per second C7*1000/24/3600

9 Required velocity, m/sec Enter by Designer

10 Required area in sqcm (C8/C9/1000)*100*100

11 diameter in mm 10*SQRT(4*C10/3.14)

12 Hydraulic mean radius R in m C11/4/1000

13 diameter in mm power 0.67 POWER(C11,0.67)

14 Gradient power 0.5 C9*C6*1000/3.968/C13

15 Gradient C14*C14

16 Length of pipeline, m Enter by Designer

17 Friction loss, m C15*C16

18 Solids content of sludge in percent Enter by Designer

19 Friction compounding factor 2.88+(0.176*C18*C18)-0.866*C18

20 Total friction head, m C17*C19

21 Add safety factor at percent Enter by Designer

22 Design friction head, m C20*(1+(C21/100))

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24 For Pumped Conditions of raw sludge

25 Pipe material considered is UPVC

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26 Solids in sludge as percent Enter by Designer

27 Value of Hazen C Enter from Table 6.5

28 Discharge in cum / day Enter by Designer

29 Discharge rate in liters per second C28*1000/24/3600

30 Required velocity, m/sec Enter by Designer

31 Required area in sqcm (C29/1000/C31)*100*100

32 diameter in mm 10*(SQRT(4*C31/3.14))

33 diameter in mm power 0.67 POWER(C32,0.67)

34 Gradient power 0.54 C30*1000/4.567/C27/C32

35 Gradient POWER(C34,(1/0.54))

36 Length of pipeline, m Enter by designer

37 Friction loss, m C35*C36

38 Friction compounding factor Enter from Figure 6.2

39 Total friction head, m C37*C38

40 Add safety factor at percent Enter by Designer

41 Design friction head, m C39*(1+(C30/100))

42 Number of tees Enter by designer

43 Friction factor for tee

44 Number of valves Enter by designer

45 Friction factor for valve

46 Total friction co-efficient (C42*C43)+(C44*C45)

47 velocity head, m C30*C30/2/9.81

48 Friction loss in bends & tees C46*C47

49 Other Losses, m Enter by designer

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50 Total friction loss, m C41+C48+C49

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Appendix A6.3 1

Calculation of Friction Losses in Sludge Pipelines 2

for Gravity conditions and pumped conditions 3

For Gravity Conditions 4

Pipe material considered is UPVC 5

6 0.0100

7 500

8 5.79

9 1.20

10 48.23

11 78.38

12 0.0196

13 18.5830

14 0.1627

15 0.026

16 100

17 2.6484

18 4

19 2.2320

20 5.9113

21 10

22 6.502

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For Pumped Conditions of raw sludge 24

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4
27 53

28 75

29 0.87

30 1.50

31 5.79

32 27.15

33 9.13

34 0.678

35 0.488

36 15

37 7.314

38 3

39 21.94

40 10

41 22.3

42 2

43 1.5

44 2

45 1.4

46 6

47 0.11

48 0.67

49 0.33
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50 23.27

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