Friction Loss Chart for Copper Water Pipe: Pressure Loss per 100 meters

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Flow l/m Flow m3/hr
Velocity m/s bar kPa Velocity m/s bar kPa Velocity m/s bar kPa Velocity m/s bar kPa Velocity m/s bar kPa Velocity m/s bar kPa Velocity m/s bar kPa
3.8 0.23 0.50 0.30 29.6
7.6 0.45 1.01 1.07 106.7 0.44 0.15 14.8
11.4 0.68 1.51 2.26 225.8 0.67 0.31 31.3
15.1 0.91 2.00 3.80 379.8 0.88 0.53 52.7 0.50 0.13 12.9
18.9 1.14 2.50 5.75 575.4 1.11 0.80 79.8 0.62 0.20 19.6
22.7 1.36 1.33 1.12 111.9 0.75 0.27 27.5
26.5 1.59 1.55 1.49 149.1 0.87 0.37 36.6 0.56 0.13 12.6
30.3 1.82 1.77 1.91 191.0 1.00 0.47 46.9 0.64 0.16 16.1
34.1 2.04 1.99 2.38 237.7 1.12 0.58 58.4 0.72 0.20 20.0 0.50 0.08 8.1
37.9 2.27 2.22 2.89 289.0 1.25 0.71 71.0 0.80 0.24 24.4 0.55 0.10 9.8
41.6 2.50 2.43 3.43 343.3 1.37 0.84 84.3 0.88 0.29 28.9 0.61 0.12 11.7
45.4 2.73 1.50 0.99 99.1 0.96 0.34 34.0 0.66 0.14 13.7
49.2 2.95 1.62 1.15 115.0 1.04 0.39 39.5 0.72 0.16 15.9
53 3.18 1.75 1.32 132.0 1.12 0.45 45.3 0.77 0.18 18.3
56.8 3.41 1.87 1.50 150.0 1.20 0.52 51.5 0.83 0.21 20.8
60.6 3.63 2.00 1.69 169.1 1.28 0.58 58.1 0.89 0.23 23.4 0.50 0.06 5.8
64.4 3.86 2.12 1.89 189.2 1.36 0.65 65.0 0.94 0.26 26.2 0.53 0.06 6.5
68.1 4.09 2.24 2.10 209.8 1.43 0.72 72.0 1.00 0.29 29.1 0.56 0.07 7.2
71.9 4.31 2.37 2.32 232.0 1.51 0.80 79.7 1.05 0.32 32.1 0.59 0.08 7.9
75.7 4.54 2.49 2.55 255.2 1.59 0.88 87.6 1.11 0.35 35.4 0.62 0.09 8.7
83.3 5.00 1.75 1.05 104.6 1.22 0.42 42.2 0.68 0.10 10.4
90.8 5.45 1.91 1.23 122.7 1.33 0.50 49.5 0.75 0.12 12.2
98.4 5.90 2.07 1.42 142.3 1.44 0.57 57.4 0.81 0.14 14.2 0.52 0.05 4.8
106 6.36 2.23 1.63 163.3 1.55 0.66 65.9 0.87 0.16 16.3 0.56 0.06 5.5
113.6 6.81 2.39 1.86 185.7 1.66 0.75 74.9 0.93 0.19 18.5 0.60 0.06 6.3
121.1 7.27 2.55 2.09 209.0 1.77 0.84 84.4 1.00 0.21 20.8 0.64 0.07 7.0
128.7 7.72 1.88 0.94 94.4 1.06 0.23 23.3 0.68 0.08 7.9
136.3 8.18 1.99 1.05 104.9 1.12 0.26 25.9 0.72 0.09 8.8
143.8 8.63 2.10 1.16 115.9 1.18 0.29 28.6 0.76 0.10 9.7
151.4 9.08 2.21 1.27 127.5 1.24 0.31 31.5 0.80 0.11 10.6
159.0 9.54 2.32 1.40 139.5 1.31 0.34 34.5 0.84 0.12 11.6
166.5 9.99 2.43 1.52 152.0 1.37 0.38 37.5 0.88 0.13 12.7
174.1 10.45 2.55 1.65 165.1 1.43 0.41 40.8 0.92 0.14 13.8
181.7 10.90 2.66 1.79 178.6 1.49 0.44 44.1 0.96 0.15 14.9
189.3 11.36 1.56 0.48 47.6 1.00 0.16 16.1
196.8 11.81 1.62 0.51 51.1 1.04 0.17 17.3
204.4 12.26 1.68 0.55 54.8 1.08 0.19 18.5
212.0 12.72 1.74 0.59 58.7 1.12 0.20 19.8
219.5 13.17 1.81 0.63 62.6 1.16 0.21 21.2
227.1 13.63 1.87 0.67 66.6 1.20 0.23 22.5
246.0 14.76 2.02 0.77 77.3 1.29 0.26 26.1
265.0 15.90 2.18 0.89 88.6 1.39 0.30 30.0
283.9 17.03 2.33 1.01 100.7 1.49 0.34 34.0
302.8 18.17 2.49 1.13 113.5 1.59 0.38 38.4
340.7 20.44 1.79 0.48 47.7
378.5 22.71 1.99 0.58 58.0
Note: Shaded area represents velocities over 2 meters per second. Use caution where water hammer is a concern. Follow local codes.