Re: thumb rules of general piping

Sudhish ,

1)

You should get, NFPA 14 , or NFPA 31 bulletin.

They have a specific Equivalent Pipe Length Chart , and they use Hazen Williams .

2)

Logic, common sense, etc. ..

Trust your self.

Arturo M.

• Original Message ----- From: "sudhishjoseph" <sudhishjoseph@yahoo.com> To: <PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: [PipingDesign] thumb rules of general piping

> Hello,
> I would like to know general rules used when designing piping for say
> fire fighting. That is general procedure like:
> 1) Which formula used for computing friction head(I used darcy
> equation--is it practical)
> 2) How do u find out if the calculated friction head is correct?
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> Could anyone give a brief procedure, I understand it is very vast field
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> Thanks,
> Sudhish
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Received on Thu Sep 15 11:31:00 2005