Air Pressure in a PVC pipe
Air Pressure in a PVC pipe
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I have a project where we will be injecting air into approximately 1000 2" sch 40 PVC well points. The wellheads will have approximately 5 - 12 psig applied . Each well head will need a flow measurement device, so we will manufacture an orifice plate to read flow. Our preference is to build the well head device out of 2" sch 80 PVC pipe which will consist of ~ 36" sch 80 pipe, a 2" tee, a 2" pvc gate valve, a 45 and ~ 6' of 2" flexible pvc tubing. Our concern now is that PVC pipe can explode with air pressure. The limited potential of a maximum of 15psig is of concern to us. We wanted to know how others would view this. Air temp in the pipe will be ~70-80F.





RE: Air Pressure in a PVC pipe
I depending on temperature variations and sunlight I would have no issue with 15psig in sched 80. There could certainly be code issues involved though.
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
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Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
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