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Solver Pipe Flow Example

This document provides a worksheet to estimate the maximum flow rate in a pipeline flowing by gravity between two reservoirs with a 100m elevation drop over 1000m length and 30cm diameter pipe. It includes the problem statement, assumptions, equations used and calculations to solve for a flow rate of 0.433 m3/s.

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Solver Pipe Flow Example

This document provides a worksheet to estimate the maximum flow rate in a pipeline flowing by gravity between two reservoirs with a 100m elevation drop over 1000m length and 30cm diameter pipe. It includes the problem statement, assumptions, equations used and calculations to solve for a flow rate of 0.433 m3/s.

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Pipe Flow Rate Worksheet

David Lampert, PhD, PE


This spreadsheet can be used to estimate the maximum flow rate in a pipeline flowing by gravity between two reservoirs.

Assumptions: Problem Statement:


z1 100 m
z2 0m z1 = 100 m
g 9.81 m/s2 hL = z1 – z2 = 100 m
n 1.0E-06 m2/s  = 10-6 m2/s
D = 30 cm z2 = 0 m
D 30 cm g = 9.81 m/s2
e = 0.1 mm
L 1000 m
e 0.1 mm Q
L = 1000 m
Calculations:

Equations:
Darcy-Weisbach Equation: Reynold's Number:
een two reservoirs.

100 m

m z2 = 0 m
mm
Q=?
m

Colebrook-White equation:
Pipe Flow Rate Worksheet
David Lampert, PhD, PE
This spreadsheet can be used to estimate the maximum flow rate in a pipeline flowing by gravity between two reservoirs.

Assumptions: Problem Statement:


z1 100 m
z2 0m z1 = 100 m
g 9.81 m/s2 hL = z1 – z2 = 100 m
n 1.0E-06 m2/s  = 10-6 m2/s
D = 30 cm z2 = 0 m
D 30 cm g = 9.81 m/s2
e = 0.1 mm
L 1000 m
e 0.1 mm Q
L = 1000 m
Calculations:
f (guess) 0.0157
hL 100 m
Q 0.433 m3/s Equations:
Re 1.8E+06 Darcy-Weisbach Equation: Reynold's Number:
Colebrook LHS 7.99
Colebrook RHS 7.99
Closure 9.626E-08

Flow rate: 0.433 m3/s


een two reservoirs.

100 m

m z2 = 0 m
mm
Q=?
m

Colebrook-White equation:

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