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200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

(OP)
hey all

I need to run water and/or oil through about 200m of tubing/piping that will all be about 3m above the height of the pump. I wouldnt mind running this all on a dc pump that could run continuously, any suggestions for what I should be looking?

thanks all,

jonaltv

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

The crystal ball is a little foggy today - so how about a little more info.like flowrate, tube size, oil viscosity.   

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)  

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

Suggest that you run either water OR oil.  Water will cost more to pump, but oil will be more dangerous and any kind of a leak won't be very nice anyway.  I suggest you chose water.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

(OP)
Sorry for the lack of info.

i'll be running water through the pipe. the flowrate doesnt have to be all that impressive, somewhere between 0.2 to 0.4 m/s is fine. the tube that i'll be using has a 6mm internal diameter.

thanks again
  

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

What is 0.2 to 0.4m/s, is that m3/s - ml/s - or some other measure?

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)  

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

It's a velocity.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

If it's velocity, then it's the product of a flowrate which suggests the OP knows the flowrate. If this is the case,about it OP, would you like to advise.

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)  

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

0,03 m³/h or 0,13 GPM if I'm not wrong.  

RE: 200m of tubing/piping - pump strength

.02 to .04 m^3 / hr... roughly.

or 5.3 to 10.6 GPM.   roughly.

Anyways, this is a tiny flow rate.  Go buy a simple peristaltic tubing pump.
 

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