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Sizing Compressed Air Pipes

Minimum Diameter of Main Pipe


Flow rate

40l/m
40l/m

50l/m
40l/m

20l/m

40l/m

20l/m
20l/m 20l/m
20l/m

40l/m
370l/m

Required Pressure for equipment =6-8 bar


Pressure
8bar
8bar

8bar
8bar

8bar

8bar
8bar
8bar

8bar
8bar
8bar

XX bar

5m
Length

10m

P
f
FED
l
d
Pa

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f*FAD^1.85*l
d^5*Pd
Pressure drop
friction factor
free air delivery, m^3/s
equivalent length, m
pipe inside diameter, mm
abs pressure, bar

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1
1.6*10^8
0.0062
30
1

bar
m^3/s
m
mm
bar

Assumption: Pressure drop through this loop is 1 bar


1 =

Chose

1.6*10^8*(0.0062^1.85)*30
d^5*1
13 mm
20 mm

d= minimum diameter
Up-Sizing

Receiver Tank
VR

VR
FED
Pa
Pg
A

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VR

A*FED*Pa
Pa+Pg
Volume of Receiver Tank,m^3
free air delivery, m^3/min
abs pressure, bar
gage pressure
factor
use
1.5
use
3
0.12

m^3

Closed loop System

=
=
0.3720
=
1
=
8
for constant pressure system
for variable pressure system

m^3/min
bar
bar
-

Centrifugal
Positive Displacement

Piston Type

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