Emergency Generator: Fuel Oil Piping Losses
Emergency Generator: Fuel Oil Piping Losses
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All:
I am trying to design a fuel oil delivery system for severeal emergency generators to be installed at a water traetment plant.
Currently, I am in the process of checking the sizes of the fuel delivery lines in order to make sure that the headlosses are kept to a minimum.
I performed some rough calcs using the Hazen-Williams equation to find my headlosses...however I'm not sure that this is the correct approach.
Shouldn't I be taking the density/viscosity of the oil into account since oil does not behave the same as water?
Does anyone know what equation I should be using to calculate the headloss of a non-aqueous fluid?
I looked at the Poiseuill Equation as a possibility (hl=(32*kinamatic viscosity*length of pipie*Velocity)/(g*diameter^2)but then ruled it out b/c it only applies to laminar flow...any suggestions?
I am trying to design a fuel oil delivery system for severeal emergency generators to be installed at a water traetment plant.
Currently, I am in the process of checking the sizes of the fuel delivery lines in order to make sure that the headlosses are kept to a minimum.
I performed some rough calcs using the Hazen-Williams equation to find my headlosses...however I'm not sure that this is the correct approach.
Shouldn't I be taking the density/viscosity of the oil into account since oil does not behave the same as water?
Does anyone know what equation I should be using to calculate the headloss of a non-aqueous fluid?
I looked at the Poiseuill Equation as a possibility (hl=(32*kinamatic viscosity*length of pipie*Velocity)/(g*diameter^2)but then ruled it out b/c it only applies to laminar flow...any suggestions?





RE: Emergency Generator: Fuel Oil Piping Losses
You should be looking at a velocity of 4-7 feet per second.
RE: Emergency Generator: Fuel Oil Piping Losses
RE: Emergency Generator: Fuel Oil Piping Losses
RE: Emergency Generator: Fuel Oil Piping Losses
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