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Flow Rate Through a Manifold

Flow Rate Through a Manifold

Flow Rate Through a Manifold

(OP)
Hi

I want to select a pump for a quenching tank that has an intake manifold with 12 smaller pipe inlets to the tank. The flow rate required at the discharge is 170 m3/h, two pumps are being used with one in standby. Is it possible to calculate the flow rate for each small pipe on its own or is it sufficient to assume that the flow through each pipe will be the same 170/12 = 14.167 m3/h?

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RE: Flow Rate Through a Manifold

If you have a feed to the manifold near its center and/or, if the manifold is "sufficiently large diameter", you can assume they are all very much close to the same flows in all outbound. Sufficiently large diameter means that you will have no appreciable pressure drop from the manifold's inlet to the outlet that is farthest away. It also means that the same pressure at the inlet to each branch will produce the same flow in each branch. In other words, you must know the system curves of each branch are equal as well.

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RE: Flow Rate Through a Manifold

and provided all the nozzles are at the same level.

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RE: Flow Rate Through a Manifold

(OP)
That is good news thank you for the help.

RE: Flow Rate Through a Manifold

Systems like this are designed so that the outlets (nozzles) from the manifold have a larger pressure drop across the outlet than the pressure drop through the piping. This ensures that you have equal flow through each outlet from the manifold.

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