What makes your “Pipe Sizing -Optimum Economic Sizes” Programs better than the typical circuit sizing wheel or pipe sizing charts?
The typical circuit sizing wheels recommend that sizing should be based on a maximum friction rate, and it is left to the Designer to select the sizes on that basis. Depending on the experience of the Designer or the time available for pipe sizing, the selection of pipe sizes could result in excessive velocities that lead to noise or erosion problems. If the velocity is too low, this can lead to air trapping problems. Also, the pipes could be significantly more expensive to install and also to operate (increased horsepower) than optimum sizing. The “Pipe Sizing – Optimum Economical Sizes” Programs use a combination of velocity and pressure drop, and include recommended ranges of velocity and pressure to avoid erosion and air trapping problems. In addition, “Pipe Sizing – Optimum Economical Sizes” Program includes pipe size selections that range from “Lower First Cost” to “Lower Operating Cost”. This allows alternate size selections with economic trade-offs. The Program also includes Re
