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Table 3b: Polyethylene Pressure Drop per 100ft of Pipe
Antifreeze (30°F [-1°C] EWT): 24% Propylene Glycol by volume solution - freeze protected to 15°F [-9.4°F]
Flow
Rate
3/4” IPS SDR11 1” IPS SDR11 1-1/4” IPS SCH40 1-1/2” IPS SCH40 2” IPS SCH40
PD (ft)
Vel
(ft/s)
Re (ft)
Vel
(ft/s)
Re PD (ft)
Vel
(ft/s)
Re PD
Vel
(ft/s)
Re PD
Vel
(ft/s)
Re
1 0.59 0.55 716 0.24 0.35 572 0.10 0.22 453 0.06 0.17 396 0.02 0.11 317
2 1.18 1.10 1431 0.48 0.70 1143 0.19 0.44 906 0.11 0.34 792 0.05 0.22 634
3 1.80 1.66 2147 0.72 1.06 1715 0.29 0.66 1360 0.17 0.51 1188 0.07 0.32 950
4 4.45 2.21 2863 1.05 1.41 2286 0.38 0.89 1813 0.22 0.68 1584 0.09 0.43 1267
5 6.96 2.76 3579 2.26 1.76 2858 0.51 1.11 2266 0.28 0.85 1980 0.11 0.54 1584
6 9.48 3.31 4294 3.29 2.11 3429 0.97 1.33 2719 0.40 1.01 2376 0.14 0.65 1901
7 12.31 3.87 5010 4.28 2.47 4001 1.43 1.55 3173 0.69 1.18 2773 0.17 0.76 2217
8 15.45 4.42 5726 5.36 2.82 4572 1.81 1.77 3626 0.95 1.35 3169 0.26 0.87 2534
9 18.88 4.97 6441 6.55 3.17 5144 2.21 1.99 4079 1.17 1.52 3565 0.38 0.97 2851
10 22.62 5.52 7157 7.83 3.52 5715 2.64 2.22 4532 1.40 1.69 3961 0.49 1.08 3168
11 26.64 6.08 7873 9.22 3.87 6287 3.10 2.44 4986 1.64 1.86 4357 0.58 1.19 3485
12 30.94 6.63 8588 10.70 4.23 6858 3.59 2.66 5439 1.91 2.03 4753 0.67 1.30 3801
13 35.51 7.18 9304 12.27 4.58 7430 4.11 2.88 5892 2.18 2.20 5149 0.76 1.41 4118
14 13.93 4.93 8001 4.67 3.10 6345 2.48 2.37 5545 0.87 1.51 4435
15 15.69 5.28 8573 5.25 3.32 6799 2.78 2.54 5941 0.97 1.62 4752
16 17.53 5.63 9144 5.87 3.54 7252 3.11 2.71 6337 1.09 1.73 5069
17 19.47 5.99 9716 6.51 3.77 7705 3.45 2.88 6733 1.20 1.84 5385
18 21.49 6.34 10287 7.18 3.99 8158 3.80 3.04 7129 1.33 1.95 5702
19 23.59 6.69 10859 7.88 4.21 8612 4.17 3.21 7526 1.46 2.06 6019
20 25.78 7.04 11430 8.61 4.43 9065 4.55 3.38 7922 1.59 2.16 6336
21 9.36 4.65 9518 4.95 3.55 8318 1.73 2.27 6652
22 10.15 4.87 9971 5.37 3.72 8714 1.87 2.38 6969
23 10.96 5.09 10425 5.79 3.89 9110 2.02 2.49 7286
24 11.79 5.32 10878 6.23 4.06 9506 2.17 2.60 7603
25 12.66 5.54 11331 6.69 4.23 9902 2.33 2.71 7920
26 13.55 5.76 11784 7.16 4.40 10298 2.49 2.81 8236
28 15.41 6.20 12691 8.14 4.74 11090 2.83 3.03 8870
30 17.37 6.65 13597 9.17 5.07 11882 3.19 3.25 9503
32 19.43 7.09 14504 10.25 5.41 12675 3.56 3.46 10137
34 11.39 5.75 13467 3.95 3.68 10771
36 12.58 6.09 14259 4.37 3.90 11404
38 13.83 6.43 15051 4.79 4.11 12038
40 15.12 6.77 15843 5.24 4.33 12671
42 16.46 7.10 16635 5.70 4.54 13305
44 6.18 4.76 13938
46 6.68 4.98 14572
48 7.20 5.19 15206
50 7.73 5.41 15839