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CHAPTER 20
1952 Guide:
Table 8.
Steam Pipe Capacities for 30 Psig Steam Systems* Capacity Expressed in Pounds per Hour (Steam and Condensate Flowing in Same Direction)
' Pipe Size Inches .
- Drop in Pressure--Pounds pebIOO Ft in Length
x :x
X
X
i. -
I 2
`M 1
:.m 2
2V4 . 3
3H 4 5 6
.8 10 12
15 31
.69 107
217
358 651
979 1,390
2,560 4,210
8,750 16,300 - 25,600
22
46 100
154 313
516 940
1,410 2,000
3,640 6,030
12,600 23,500
36^900
31
63 141
219 444
730 1,330
2,000
2,830
5,230
8,590 17,900 33,200
52,300
38 77
172 267 543 924
1,630 2,450
3,460 - 6,400 .-
10,400 21,900 . 40,600 . 64,000'
45.
89 199
309 627 1,030
1,880
2,830 4,000
7,390 12,100
25,300 46,900
74,000
63 125 281
437
886 .. 1,460
2,660 4,000
5,660 10,500
17,200 35,100
66,400 104,500
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* Note: Steam at an average pressure of 30 psig is used as the hagig for calculating the above table.
sized from Column C; radiator runouts and undripped riser runouts from Column L; up-feed risers from Column J; the main riser on a down-feed system from Column C (it will be noted that if Column H is used the drop would exceed the limit of ^ psi); the dry return from Column R ; and.the wet-return.from Column Q.
With a 3^-psi drop the sizing would be the same as for fa psi, except that the steam main and dripped runouts would be sized from Column B, the main riser on a down-feed system from Column B, the dry-return from Column 0, and the wet-return from Column N.
Notes on Gravity One-Pipe Air-Vent Systems
1. Pitch of mains should not be less than } in. in 10 ft.
2. Pitch of horizontal runouts to risers and radiators: should not be less than J in. per foot. Where this pitch cannot be obtained, runouts over 8 ft in length should be one size larger than called for in the table.
3. In general, it is not desirable to have amain less than 2in. The diameter of the far end of the supply main should not be less than half its diameter at its largest part.
: Table 9.
Steam Pipe Capacities fob 150 Psig Steam Systems* ' Capacity Expressed in Pounds per Hour (Steam and Condensate Flowing in Same Direction)
Pipe Size ' Inches
X
Drop --in Pressure Psi per 100 Ft in Length X XX * 2
5
X 1
1H 1H
2Vfy 3m
4 5 6 8 10 12
29 58 130 203 412
683 1,240 1,860
2,630 4,860 7,960 16,600 30,800
48,600
41 82 185 287 585
959 1,750 2,630
3,720 6,880 11,300 23.500 43,400
68,800
58 117 262 407
825 1,360
2,480 3.720
5,260 9,730 16,000
33,200 61,700
'97,300
71 143
320 497
1,010 1,650
3,020 4,550 6,430
11,900 19.5Q0 40,600 75,600
119,000
82 165
370 575 1,170
1,920 3,500 5,250 7,430
13,800 22,600
47,000 87,300
138,000
116 233 523 813
1,650 2,710
4,940 7,420 10;500 19,500
. 31,900 66,400 123,000 194,000
184 369 827 1,290
2,600 4,290
7,820 11,700 16,600 30,800
50,400 105,000 165,000 307,500
* Note: Steam at an average pressure of 150 psig is used as the basis for calculating the above table.
Steam Heating Systems
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Table 10. Return Pipe Capacities fob 30 psig Steam Systems? Capacity Expressed in Hounds per Hour
Pipe Size Inches
*A
l
1mM :
2
m
3 3H 4 5 6
' Drop in Pressure--Pounds per 100 Ft in Length
H
115 230 485 790 1,580 2.650 4,850 7,200 10,200 19,000 31,000
H
170 340 710 1,160 2.360 3,900 7,100 10,600 15,000 27,800 45,500
M
245 490 1,025 1,670 3,400 5,600 10,300 15,300 21,600 40,300 65,500
H
308 615 1,290 2,100 4,300 7,100 12,900 19,200 27,000 55,500 83,000
1
365 730 1,530 2,500 5,050 8,400 15,300 22,800 32,300 60,000 98,000
* Note: The above table is based on steam at pressures of 0 to 4 pais.
4. Supply mains, runouts to risers, or risers, should be dripped where necessary.
5. Where supply mains are decreased in size they should be dripped, or be provided with eccentric couplings, flush on bottom^
Example S: Size the one-pipe gravity steam system shown in Fig. 19 assuming that this is all there is to the system, or that the riser and main shown involve the . longest ran on the system.
Solution: The total length of run actually shown is 215 ft. If the equivalent length .of run is taken at double this, it will amount to 430 ft, and with a total drop, of 1 psi the drop per 100 ft will be slightly less than -fa psi. It would be well in tins case to use Ai psi, and this would result in the theoretical sizes indicated in Table 12. These theoretical sizes, however, should be modified by not using a wet-retum less than 2 in., while the main Bupply, g-h, if from the uptake of a boiler, should be made the full size of the main, or 3 in. Also the portion of the main k-m should be made 2 in. if the wet-return is made 2 in.
SIZING PIPING FOR ONE-PIPE VAPOR SYSTEMS
Piping for one-pipe vapor systems is sized so as to permit only a few ounces pressure drop in the system. Otherwise, the method follows that outlined for sizing one-pipe gravity systems.
Table 11. Return Pipe Capacities fob 150. psig Steam Systems* Capacity Expressed in Pounds per Hour
Pipe Size
Inches
a
Drop in Pressure--Psi pee 100 Ft in Length
HMH
1
a 156 232 360 465 560
i 313 462 690 910 1,120
1
650
960 , 1,500
1,950
2,330
l
1,070
1,580
2,460
3,160
3,800
2
2,160
3,300
4,950
6,400
7,700
2H
3,600
5,350
8,200
10,700
12,800
3
6,500
9,600
15,000
19,500
23,300
3H
9.600
14,400
22,300
28,700 34,500
4
13,700
20,500
31,600
40.500
49,200
5
25.600
38,100
58,500
76.000
91,500
6
42,000
62,500
96,000 125,000 150,000
* Note: The above table ia based on steam at pressures of 1 to 20 peig.
2
890 1,780 3,700 6,100 12,300 20,400 37,200 55,000 78,500 146,000 238,000