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Pressure loss diagramme for gaseous propan

e

Temperature:

15 °

C

Specific weight:

8 kg/m3 (3 bar

)

Dynamic viscosity:

7.9 · 10–6 Ns/m2 = kg/ms

4

m

/

s

100

0

2

m

/

s

100

1

0

➤

F

l

o

w

v

o

l

u

m

e

[

k

g

/

h

]

8

6

5

4

3

2

8

6

5

4

2

8

6

5

4

3

2

1

8

6

5

4

3

2

1

m

/

s

0

.

5

m

/

s

DN

10

0

DN

8

0

DN

6

5

DN

5

0

DN

4

0

DN

3

2

DN

2

5

DN

2

0

DN

1

2

0.

1

2

3 4 5 6 7 8

2

3 4 5 6 7 8

2

3 4 5 6 7 8

2

3 4 5 6 7 8

0.1

1

10

100

1000

0.01

0.1

1

10

10

0

0.001

0.01

0.1

1

10

Pa/m

mWS/

m

mbar/m

=

hPa/m

Pressure loss

Example

:

Pipe DN 32

With a

flow volume of 30 kg/

h

at a speed of c. 0.9 m/s

the pressure loss is 5.6 · 10–2 mbar/m = 5.6 · 10–2 hPa/m

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