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For a 50m long DN200 pipeline with a pressure difference of 0.5 MPa between the inlet and outlet, and a fluid density of 0.65, how can the maximum flow rate of fluid that can pass through the pipe be calculated? I hope the expert can give some guidance. Thank you!
The pressure is 5 kilograms, and the pipe diameter is DN200. The cross-sectional area of the pipe is: DN200*DN200*3.14/5 = 25,120 square millimeters = 25.12 square decimeters. Assuming the flow velocity in the pipe is V = 4 meters per second, which is equivalent to V = 40 decimeters per second, and given that 1 liter equals 1 cubic decimeter, the flow rate through the pipe is: Q = 25.12*40 = 1,004.8 liters per second = 3,617.28 cubic decimeters per hour. The flow rate can only be calculated once the flow velocity is known; the values above are based on a flow velocity of 4 meters per second
You haven’t used the pressure difference. Calculate flow velocity using pressure drop
Frictional pressure drop = coefficient of resistance x pipe length x density x velocity x velocity / (2 * pipe diameter). Now, except for the coefficient of resistance, all the values related to velocity are known. First, assume the flow regime of the fluid (laminar, transitional, turbulent rough transition, turbulent fully developed region), and then calculate the drag coefficient using Moody charts or formulas. Calculate the flow velocity and Reynolds number again. Determine whether it is in the assumed region based on the Reynolds number.
The discharge coefficients of different differential pressure devices vary; only by determining the discharge coefficient can the flow rate be calculated