Design and Application

of Water Piping System

Cold water supply
Hot water supply
Drinking water

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 Standard and
Code reference
of Water
Piping System
E.I.T. Standard 1004-16
(Standard for piping
installation in building)
E.I.T. Standard 3004-40
(Standard for piping in
building)

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 Standard and Code
Reference on
Water Piping System
National plumbing codes
National fire protection
association code (NFPA)

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
system
Estimating Hot-Water
Demand
Storage type heaters
Instantaneous type heaters

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
system
Estimating the Demand in
Hot-Water System
See Table 1

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Table 1 Probable Hot-Water
Demand and Use for
Various Types of Building
Occupancies

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
system
Estimating of Hot-Water
Requirements with
Storage Type Water
Heaters
See Table 2

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Table 2 Estimates of Hot-
Water Requirements in
Various Types of Buildings
with Storage-Type Water
Heaters

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Procedure system
for Estimating
Step 1 Tabulate the
number of fixtures
Step 2 Multiply the number of
fixtures by demand figure
Step 3 Summarize the total
demand
Step 4 Obtain
9 the Hourly
 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Procedure system
for Estimating
Step 5 Obtain the Required
Capacity of The Storage
Tank by multiplying the
figure in step 4 by the
storage capacity factor
Step 6 Obtain the Total
Capacity of The Storage
Tank by dividing the figure
10 5 by 0.6-0.8
in step
 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Estimate ofsystem
Hot Water
Requirements with
Instantaneous and Semi-
Instantaneous Type Water
Heater
See table 3

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Table 3 Probable Hot-Water
Demand in Terms of Number of
Fixture Units for Various Types of
Fixtures in Buildings
For use with semi-instantaneous
heaters, calculated oat a final
temperature of 140 F (60oC)

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Determine the total demand
in water supply
- see Demand load fixture in
Table 4
- see Demand water supply
in Table 5
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Table 4 Demand Load of
Fixtures

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Table 5 Table for Estimating the
Demand in a Water Supply
System

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 WATER SUPPLY
SERVICES

FIG.1 (a) The estimated demand in

gallons per minute or liters per second
corresponding toe a given load
expressed in fixture units. (b) A detail of
Fig.1 for small16
demand.
 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Minimum Pressure Required
- 8 psi for normal waters
supply outlet
- 15 psi for floor-outlet-type
water closets and urinal
- 25 psi 17
for wall-hung siphan-
 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Friction loss in equipment
Equivalent length of piping
- Fittings and Valves
+ 50% for copper tube
system
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+ 80% for standard
 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Limitation of Velocity
- 4 ft/s (1.2 m/s) for branch
piping
- 8 ft/s (2.4 m/s) for main
piping
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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Simplified method for sizing
system
- see Table 6, for copper tube
(type K)
- see Table 7, for copper tube
(type L)
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Table 6 Sizing Table Based on
Velocity Limitation-U.S.
Customary Units Copper water
tube, type K

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Table 7 Sizing Table Based on
Velocity Limitation-U.S.
Customary Units Copper water
tube, type L

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Pipe friction chart
- see Figure 2, (Copper tube,
type K)
- see Figure 3, (Copper tube,
type L)
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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Pipe Insulation
- see Table 8

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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Hot water circulating system
- Total length of pipe
between hot water source an
d
the fixture is more than 100 f
t.
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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Hot water circulating rate
- 1 gpm. For every 20
fixtures
- 0.5 gpm. For 3/4-1 inch
diameters of supply pipe
- 1 gpm.29For 1 1/4 - 1 1/2
 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Hot water supply
Sizing of Hot Water piping
system
System
Hot water circulating rate
- 2 gpm. For 2 - 2 1/2 inch
diameters of supply pipe
- 3 gpm. For 3 inch
diameters and larger of suppl
y pipe
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 Criteria to Design of
Copper Tube in
Drinking water system
Sizing of Drinking Water
piping System
Determine the maximum
drinking water demand
- 5 gph for drinking fountain
- 1 gph for every 20 people

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