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American Society of Heating arid Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1935
and the pressure at the top of the required 15 lb will make the total reduction 49.4 n, leaving a balance of 25.6 lb which may be used up in friction. If the distance from the
Table 6.
Typical Calculation of Pipe Sizes on Down-Feed Riser with Flush Valve Water-Closets and Urinals
Riser No. 3. (See Fig. Jf)
Floor
of Bldg.
Fixtures os
Floor
Gpm
per
Fixture
Maximum Probable Probable Probable Allowable
Fixtures
Use
Fixtures
Riser
Drop .
Gpm
(per cent)
Gpm
Gpm Lb per 100 Ft
Pipe
Size
In.
1st 1 S. S. 4
2nd
3 W. C.
50
1 Lav.
3
2
4
150 3
7-
100 80
100
44 120
7 127
30 H 30 2
3rd
0 W. C.
0
3 2 Lav.
3
4
000
150 80 6
13 70
120 9 129
30 2
4th
3 W. C.
50
6 1 Lav. 1 S. S.
3 4
6
150
300 . 40 3 4
20 55
120 11 131
\\. 30 ' \ 2
5th
0 w. c.
0
6 1 S. S.
4
7
000
300 40 4
24 53
120 13 133
30 2
6th
0 w. c.
0
6 1 S. S.
4
8
000
300 40 4
28 5!
120 14 " 134~
r
30
2
7th
0W. C.
0
6 1 S. S.
4
9
000
300 40 4
32 50
120 16 136
30 2M
8th
0 W. C.
0
6 1 S. S.
4
10
000
300 40 4
36 48
120 17 137
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street main to the bottom of the riser, which will be assumed to be the farthest one on the horizontal line, is 100 ft, and if the fittings are sufficient to add another 100 ft, as well as the 80 ft of vertical distance up the riser, the total equivalent run will be 280 ft, which will be taken as an even 300 ft. Then the allowable drop per 100 ft will be
25.61b X 100 ....
and the sizes shown in Fig. 5 are based on this amount of drop. Of course the other
Chapter 35---Water Supply Piping'
risers will have the same maximum flows at the bottom as they formerly had at the top, namely 202 and 137 gal;, respectively, for Risers No. 2 and 3. Combining these maxi mum flows in the same manner as pursued in the down-feed system-it is seen that the maximum flow between Riser No. 2 and Riser No. 3 is 296 gpm, and between Riser
No. 3 and the street main, 297 gpm which at a drop of 8.5 lb gives the main sizes indicated. It will be noted that in determining the maximum flow in an up-feed riser
Table 7. Size of Distribution Main for Down-Feed Systems (See Fig. 4)
Riser
No. 1
2
3
Fixtures
GPM PER Fixture
16 W. C. 8 U.
24 22 Lav.
3 S. S.
25
50 40
3 4
35 W. C. 5 U.
64 23 Lav.
48
50 40
3
6 W. C.
70
4 Lav. 6 S. S.
58
50
3 4
Maximum Fixtures
GPM
800 320
1120 66
12
78
1750 200
3070 69 147
300
3370
12.
24
183
Probable - Use
(Per Cent)
15 40
8 35
7 33
Probable gpm
Allowable Drop (Lb
per 100 Ft)
168
31 199 2
245
51
296
236
61 297
2 2
Size of Main
(Inches)
4
5
5
it is necessary to begin at the top floor and work down instead of beginning at the bottom floor and working up as was done in the down-feed sizing.
SIZING UP-FEED AND DOWN-FEED HOT WATER SYSTEMS
Hot water supply systems, when of the circulating type, have a few differences to be.considered although the same general principles of sizing apply to these lines as to the cold water lines. Owing to the fact that there are no flush valves on the hot water piping and also because many plumbing fixtures have no hot. water connections, the sizes of the hot water piping in general will be considerably less than the cold water piping in the same building. On the other hand it is almost invariably required that a gravity circulation be kept up in such hot water lines and this often has a considerable influence on the size: There are three methods of arranging circulation lines, as follow :
1. By using the plain up-feed with a return carried back from the top of the riser and paralleling it.
2. By carrying a supply riser up in one location thus supplying fixtures on up-feed, then crossing over at the top and coming down past another collection of fixtures and supplying these by a down-feed.
3. By carrying all of the water to the top of the building and dropping risers wherever needed, feeding all hot water on a down-feed system.
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