Petersen Engineering, Inc. - Pressure Drop per Mile, No. 2 Fuel Oil

Pressure Drop (psi/mile) for No. 2 Fuel Oil

Flow rate BPH	Nominal Pipe size (inches)
Flow rate BPH	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
500	18.14	4.72	1.57	0.67	0.42	0.22	0.13	0.08	0.05	0.03
1000	62.06	16.07	5.3	2.27	1.43	0.74	0.42	0.26	0.16	0.11
1500	128.29	33.11	10.89	4.65	2.92	1.51	0.86	0.52	0.33	0.22
2000	215.43	55.47	18.21	7.76	4.87	2.52	1.43	0.87	0.55	0.36
2500	322.62	82.9	27.17	11.56	7.26	3.75	2.13	1.29	0.82	0.54
3000	449.25	115.26	37.73	16.04	10.06	5.19	2.95	1.78	1.13	0.75
3500	*	152.41	49.84	21.16	13.27	6.84	3.89	2.35	1.49	0.98
4000	*	194.26	63.46	26.93	16.88	8.7	4.94	2.98	1.89	1.25
4500	*	240.73	78.57	33.32	20.88	10.75	6.11	3.68	2.33	1.54
5000	*	291.75	95.15	40.33	25.27	13	7.38	4.45	2.82	1.86
5500	*	347.26	113.18	47.94	30.03	15.45	8.77	5.29	3.35	2.2
6000	*	*	132.64	56.16	35.17	18.08	10.26	6.18	3.91	2.58
6500	*	*	153.51	64.96	40.67	20.91	11.86	7.15	4.52	2.98
7000	*	*	175.78	74.36	46.54	23.92	13.56	8.17	5.17	3.4
7500	*	*	199.44	84.34	52.78	27.11	15.37	9.26	5.85	3.85
8000	*	*	224.48	94.89	59.37	30.49	17.28	10.41	6.58	4.33
8500	*	*	250.89	106.02	66.32	34.05	19.3	11.62	7.34	4.83
9000	*	*	278.66	117.71	73.62	37.79	21.41	12.89	8.15	5.36
9500	*	*	*	129.97	81.28	41.71	23.63	14.22	8.99	5.91
10000	*	*	*	142.8	89.28	45.81	25.95	15.61	9.86	6.49

Notes:
1. Assumed wall thicknesses are 0.250" for 6"-16", 0.281" for 18", 0.312" for 20", 0.344" for 22" and 0.375" for 24".
2. For flow rates or sizes outside these parameters, please contact Chuck Petersen.
3. Questions regarding surge pressures at the higher flow rates should also be addressed to Chuck Petersen.

*See attached table of velocities (ft./sec).
See attached table of fluid properties (specific gravity and viscosity).