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How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

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Can any one tell me where to find charts regarding the amount water volume in a foot of pipe. including copper, blk iron and pvc pipe

RE: How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

Crane technical paper 410 has that data for steel pipes, not sure about tubing or PVC.  i would expect that most mechanical engineering or piping handbooks would have that information.

RE: How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

Can't it be calculated (or I misunderstood the post)

RE: How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

Measure or somehow get the inside diameter of the pipe, figure the area of the circle out, multiply that by the length and this gives you volume.  Keep all your units of length the same....say feet, then you will have cubic feet as the volume.  There are 7.48 gallons of water per cubic foot.  I am hoping the rest of the math comes easily to you....I rarely use tables since inside diameters of pipe are never that consistant.

BobPE

RE: How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe


  These formula's may help, you need 2 knowns to get the 3rd.

  Quantity= Area x(multiply) Volume
  Volume= Quantity % Area
  Area= Volume % Quantity

  Also, 1ft. of water(head) is equal to .433 pounds. You can then use another equation to get cubic feet.

    Pounds of water x 0.0166032= cubic feet

 Hope this helps

RE: How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

7775, Why don't you just calculate it based on the pipe ID. It 's probably faster than trying to look it up in various manuals for the different materials. And if you need the info in mass form the conversion is:

1 ft^3 H2O @ 70 deg.F = 62.305 lb.  ;)

Good luck!
saxon

RE: How to determine the amount of water in a foot of pipe

Dear all,

If you don't like to calculate, but love to download ...

http://www.pressure-drop-calculator.com/ (freeware)

there you will find software which does the trick (in metric units, but a free-ware unit convertor is supplied as well).

Good luck & Happy New Year!

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