Pressure Drop In Piping

Contents
• Types of Pressures
• Basic Principles
• Reynolds Number
• Flow pattern
• Darcy Equation
• Darcy equation for liquid flow ( field units)
• Gas flow equations
• Pressure drop in valves & fittings
• Solved examples
 Pressure Types
• Pressure loss due to frictions called friction losses
• Pressure loss due to restrictions ( fittings ,valves ,taps ,,,etc)
called minor losses
• Static pressure due to the elevation
• Pumping pressure which is received from the pump

• Total pressure= friction losses pressure+ minor losses+

or- static pressure
 Head Losses In Valves & Pipe Fittings

In many piping problems, especially those associated with

offshore production facilities where space limitation are
important, the pressure drop through valves, bends, tees,
enlargements, contractions, etc.
becomes very important.
 Three ways to calculate the head losses;

Resistance coefficients,
Flow coefficients, and
Equivalent lengths.