Pipe pressure drop
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Is there a calculation program for the pressure drop in gas-phase fluid pipelines?
I've also been looking for professional computing software. But it wasn’t found. The pressures involved in the gas engineering work we do these days are not very high; they are basically a few KPa. For straight pipes, I generally use ΔP=(λ*(l/D)(ρu^2))/2 to make the calculation. As for pipe fittings and valves, the corresponding coefficients can be found in the manual to convert them into straight pipes. This post was last edited by stony_wang on 2009-2-21 10:58.]
It’s available on the forum; just search for it.
If you want to make progress, it’s best to first do the calculations manually and then use software to do them as well, in order to identify any discrepancies. Calculating for several different scenarios will be very beneficial for your future development.
It’s possible to use the formulas from chemical process design manuals to create a small program; after some debugging, it’s done and it’s not complicated at all.
It should be there; developing this software isn’t that complicated. Search for it!
The pipe network calculation software Visul Flow is very useful