Piping Hydraulic Line Design

and Sizing Software

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 Introduction
Fluid flow in circular pipes is commonly encountered in actual
plant design practice
An important practical fluid engineering problem is flow in
pipes with

various fluids

various pipe sizes

pipe geometries (fittings, valves, entrance and exit pipe)

flow rates

Fluid conditions (T and P)
 Introduction

An Hydraulic program assist engineers, operations

personnel and maintaince personnel in
calculating hydraulics problems, which focuses on
the engineering uses of fluid properties in
industries.

Hydraulic program considers:

 Liquid lines
 Gas lines
 Introduction

Liquid Line
Friction Pressure
Loss

Gas Line Friction

Pressure Los
 Perform Calculations

 Calculate pressure loss due to flow

 Calculate fluid properties at flow conditions
 Supply pipe sizes
 Use English or SI engineering units in any mixture
 Use mass or volume flow units
 Export data
 Import data
 Print / report a calculation
 Save the data
 Perform Calculations Contd
In addition to those, Hydraulic program also
specifically provides :
 Loss per 100 ft
 End pressure
 velocities
 Pressure Loss Calculation for
Liquids

Engineering Units

Fluid Properties

Calculation Options

Input Data

Calculate

Editing Data

Filing and Moving On

 Engineering Units
Mass flow English units
Ex. Pounds per hour and degrees Fahrenheit
Volume Flow English units
Ex. US gallons per minute and degrees Fahrenheit
Mass Flow SI units
Ex. Kilograms per second and degrees Celsius
Volume Flow SI units
Ex. Liters per second and degrees Celsius
 Engineering Units Contd
User file units
It is used to customize or change to required units that can be implemented by
selecting the option Review units
Review units
It shows the available options and the current unit selection.
To change units :
Select the required units
Select OK or
Save to record the desired units to computer only
 Fluid Properties

Enable when the pressure and temperature are

entered
Available :
 Pure Liquids
 Mixtures
 Fluid Properties Contd
Pure Liquids
Find the desired fluid name
Select (or double-click) it
The fluid properties will be entered
 Fluid Properties Contd
Mixtures
Select the first component
In the component box, enter the percentage
Continue until the remaining percentage equals zero
Click calculate button in the component box and the program will
calculate and enter the mixture values
 Calculate

To obtain calculation results, it can be done by click

the Calculate button. Then, the output data will
display the results.
 Calculation Options

Select the Pipe I.D

 Calculation Options

Select the Pipe Material.

 Check the Entrance if it is a large contraction

 Check the Exit if it is a large expansion
 Filing and Moving On
Program menu It clears the calculation and returns to the
main menu.
New It clears the screen for a new calculation.
Save - It saves a new record if not previously saved or saves
changes to an existing record to database. It is also used for
saving temporary data, thus, the recorded data can be done
printing calculation process.
Export data It saves input and output calculation record in
*csv file.
Import data It opens *csv file record.
Print calculation It is enabled after calculation and save is
made. It displays the screen to print a calculation.
Exit It leaves the program
 Pressure Loss Calculation for
Gasses
Engineering Units

Fluid Properties

Calculation Options

Input Data

Calculate

Editing Data

Filing and Moving On

 Engineering Units
Mass flow English units
Ex. Pounds per hour and degrees Fahrenheit
Volume Flow English units
Ex. Standard cubic feet per minute and degrees Fahrenheit
Mass Flow SI units
Ex. Kilograms per second and degrees Celcius
Volume Flow SI units
Ex. Standard cubic decimeters per second and degrees Celcius
 Engineering Units Contd
User file units
It is used to customize or change to required units that can be
implemented by selecting the option Review units
Review units
It shows the available options and the current unit selection.
To change units :
Select the required units
Select OK or
Save to record the desired units to computer only
 Fluid Properties

Enable when the pressure and temperature are

entered
Available :
 Pure Liquids
 Mixtures
 Fluid Properties Contd
Pure Liquids
Find the desired fluid name
Select (or double-click) it
The fluid properties will be entered
 Fluid Properties Contd
Mixtures
Select the first component
In the component box, enter the percentage
Continue until the remaining percentage equals zero
Click calculate button in the component box and the program will
calculate and enter the mixture values
 Calculation Options

Select the Pipe I.D

 Calculation Options

Select the Pipe Material.

 Check the Entrance if it is a large contraction

 Check the Exit if it is a large expansion
 Calculate

To obtain calculation results, it can be done by click the

Calculate button. Then, the output data will display the
results
 Filing and Moving On

The options in the File menu are :

Program menu It clears the calculation and returns to
the main menu.
New It clears the screen for a new calculation.
Save - It saves a new record if not previously saved or
saves changes to an existing record to database. It is
also used for saving temporary data, thus, the recorded
data can be done printing calculation process.
Export data It saves input and output calculation
record in *csv or *txt file.
Import data It opens *csv or *txt file record.
Print calculation It is enabled after calculation and
save is made. It displays the screen to print a
calculation.
Exit It leaves the program
 Calculation Routines

Fluid Properties
Fluid materials are obtained by based on
temperature dependent equations.

1. Specific gravity




n

T
1






T

Sg = A B

C

 Calculation Routines

2. Viscosity
Viscosity of gas is defined as
= A + BT + CT 2
gas

Viscosity of liquid is defined as

log = A + B / T + CT + DT 2
10 liq
 Calculation Routines

3. Specific heat ratio

Cp Cp
k= =
Cv Cp R

Where heat capacity is determined as

Cp = A + BT + CT 2 + DT 3 + ET 4

4. Vapor pressure
2
Pv = 0.0193367 10 A + B / T + C log 10 T + DT + ET
 Calculation Routines
Pipe pressure loss calculation
1. Reynold Number
 For liquid
50.6 Q
Re =
d

 For gas
6.31 W
Re =
d

Laminar : NRe < 2000

Transition : 2000< NRe < 4000
Turbulent : Nre > 4000
 Calculation Routines

Pipe pressure loss calculation

1. Reynold Number
 For liquid
50.6 Q
Re =
d
 For gas
6.31 W
Re =
d

Laminar : NRe < 2000

Transition : 2000< NRe < 4000
Turbulent : Nre > 4000
 Calculation Routines

2. Friction factor
By knowing flow pattern, Friction factor can be
obtained by
 Laminar flow friction factor
64
f =
Re
 Turbulent flow friction factor

1
f = 2
7 0.9 3.24
2 log +
d
Re
 Calculation Routines

3. The line pressure drop per 100 feet

 For Liquid
v2
P = f
144 d 2 g

 For Gas
W 2 10 9 336000 f
P =
d5
 Calculation Routines

4. Equivalent line length

(Pin Pout ) d
0.0013 f v 2

5. Fluid velocity
 For liquid
Q 0.13368
v=

(d 0.0833 )2
60
4
 Calculation Routines

 For gas
- Sonic velocity
k g 1545o R
vs =
Mw

- Gas velocity
4W 144
v=
d 2 3600
 Calculation Routines
Nomenclature
A, B, C, D, E = regression coefficients for chemical compound
Cp = heat capacity of ideal gas, J/mol.K
d = inside diameter pipe, in
g = gravitational constant, 32.2 ft/s2
k = specific heat ratio, dimensionless
P = pressure, psia
Pv = vapor pressure, psia
Q = volume flow, USgal/m
R = Gas law constant (8.314 KJ/kg.mol.K)
Re = Reynold number, dimensionless
Tc = critical temperature, K
T = temperature, K
W = mass flow, lb/h
= surface roughness, ft
= fluid viscosity, cp
= fluid density, lb/ft3
 Calculation printout

This program will print the input and output

calculation data and one associated comment.
The comment is included in the data sheet for
reference purposes.
It also creates the default printout headings. The
headings are printed at the top of all printouts.
File  Save  Print Calculation
 Calculation printout Contd
Save
Saves the headings
Cancel
Returns to the calculation form without printing
OK
View report calculation, then prints the headings and calculation using the
Windows Print Manager.
Calculation printout Contd
 Importing Data into a calculation

To Import process data into a calculation :

Make a sequential file for each calculation. Files to have a
filename(Suggest the tag number) with no extension (eg.
H-LineLoss-LiquidFlow-10).
Click File  Import Data
Find the required file. (Using standard Windows
procedures)
 Importing Data into a calculation
Contd
Proceed with the calculation and save the data.
(Now in the Hydraulics Application)
 Installation

Click Hydraulics Ver1.0_Setup.exe  Click Next

Enter your registration (Name, Company and Registration
code), click Next
 Installation Contd
Click Next on Directory page

 Click Start
 Installation Contd

Install On process
 Installation Contd

if the installation is complete it will display a

confirmation, Click Exit
 Installation Contd

Enter password application and click OK

Applications will be open

 Piping Hydraulic Line Design and
Sizing Software
In designing equipment and piping systems, engineers
need piping hydraulic line calculation with various
variables such as rate, elevation, pipe size, etc.

There are many piping systems in industry and

conditions such temperature and pressure in the pipes
are sometimes updated.

This Hydraulic program is very useful to calculate loss

pressure per 100 ft, end pressure, and velocities based
on conditions input currently.
 PipingHydraulic
Piping HydraulicLine
Line Design
Design and
and
Sizing Software
Sizing Software

This is one of the best stand alone line sizing

programs available.
1. Liquid and vapor flow options.
2. Multiple units of measure choices - mass or
volume
3. Pure components to choose and properties are
calculated at your chosen temperature and
pressure
4. The ability to choose mixtures based on your
chosen percentage, and properties are
calculated at your chosen temperate and
pressure.
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Piping Hydraulic Line Design and Sizing

Program

USD $ 299.95

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