Design for Duct-1 Straight duct friction loss ( How to decide “ mmAq/m” , “Pa/m”)

Straight duct friction loss is as bellow;

2 2
L v L v
 PT  ・ ･ ･  PT  ・ ･ ･ (darcy-Weisbach formula)
d 2g d 2

ΔPT : friction loss (mmAq) ｛Pa｝ λ: coefficient of duct friction loss d : internal diameter of duct (m) ｛m｝

v : velocity of air (m/s) ｛m/s｝ g : gravity (m/s2) L: length of duct (m) ｛m｝
γ: specific weight of air (kgf/m3) ρ: density of air ｛kg/m3｝

Coefficient of duct friction loss is as bellow;

The fluid of inside duct is usually turbulence flow (Re >2,300). So coefficient od duct friction loss is as bellow


 
6 1

10 3
  0.0055  1  (20,000  ) 

 d Re  

d : ratio of duct interior surface roughness to duct diameter Re: Reynolds number

(coefficient of duct friction loss can find Moody chart also.)

Reynolds number is as bellow;

vd
Re 

 : viscosity (m2 /s)
Design for Duct-1 Straight duct friction loss ( How to decide “ mmAq/m” , “Pa/m”)

Chart 1 : viscosity of air Chart 2 : density of air

X10-6
Relative Humidity RH ％ 飽和水 Relative Humidity RH ％
DB DB
蒸気圧
℃ 0 40 50 60 70 80 ℃ 0 40 50 60 70 80
mm Hg
0 13.332 13.345 13.348 13.351 13.354 13.357
0 4.581 1.2931 1.2919 1.2916 1.2913 1.2910 1.2908
5 13.770 13.788 13.793 13.797 13.802 13.806
5 6.540 1.2698 1.2682 1.2678 1.2674 1.2669 1.2665
10 14.212 14.238 14.245 14.252 14.258 14.265
10 9.205 1.2474 1.2451 1.2446 1.2440 1.2434 1.2428
15 14.661 14.699 14.708 14.718 14.727 14.737
15 12.78 1.2258 1.2226 1.2219 1.2211 1.2203 1.2195
20 15.114 15.167 15.180 15.194 15.207 15.221
20 17.53 1.2048 1.2006 1.1996 1.1985 1.1975 1.1964
25 15.574 15.648 15.666 15.685 15.704 15.723
25 28.75 1.1846 1.1790 1.1776 1.1762 1.1748 1.1734
30 16.036 16.138 16.164 16.190 16.216 16.242
30 31.83 1.1651 1.1577 1.1558 1.1540 1.1522 1.1503
35 16.506 16.644 16.679 16.715 16.750 16.786
35 42.18 1.1462 1.1365 1.1341 1.1318 1.1294 1.1270
40 16.978 17.167 17.215 17.263 17.312 17.361

45 17.457 17.710 17.775 17.840 17.905 17.971 40 46.34 1.1278 1.1154 1.1123 1.1092 1.1061 1.1030

50 17.939 18.276 18.363 18.450 18.538 18.626 45 71.90 1.1101 1.0942 1.0903 1.0863 1.0823 1.0784

75 21.2 50 92.56 1.0929 1.0728 1.0678 1.0627 1.0577 1.0527

100 23.9 75 289.2 1.0144 0.9559 0.9413 0.9267 1.1922 0.8976
200 35.8 100 760.0 0.9464 0.8033 0.7675 0.7317 0.6958 0.6602
300 49.5 200 11,660 0.7463 － － － － －
400 64.5 300 64,440 0.6160 － － － － －
500 81.0
Chart 4 : Moody chart

Chart 3 : Ratio of interior surface roughness

Ratio of interior surface roughness material
ε= 5.00 Duct made by brick
ε= 2.00 Duct made by rough concrete
ε= 1.00 Duct made by wooden
ε= 0.5 Duct made by smooth concrete
ε= 0.3 G/I pipe (rusty interior surface)
ε= 0.18 G/I duct
ε= 0.15 G/I pipe
ε= 0.0015 Glass, AL, PVC, PE,duct
 Design for Duct-1 Straight duct friction loss ( How to decide “ mmAq/m” , “Pa/m”)

Question : Calculate friction loss (mmAq/m or Pa/m) of G/I duct.

X 500
Air volume:12,000CMH

700
Air condition:DB20℃ RH60%

Convert from rectangular duct to round duct

xb
a

 a･b 5 
0.125

d  1.3
2 
 a  b  