Evaluation Of Friction Losses In Pipes And Fittings Of Process Engineering Plants

o elbow, entry and exits to pipes are presented. The results of increasing Q with increasing exponential values of hL regardless of D of pipe also presented. Therefore, a number of choices can be made between transporting process fluids using small D pipes (50>D>25 mm) and Reynolds (Re) numbers in the laminar region and large D pipes (100>D>50 mm) using Re numbers in turbulent regions. o elbows and entry and exit losses were correlated to the flow rate and D of pipe in order to establish the relationships which could be useful to design engineers and plant operators during design and plant operation. Decisions could be made early about the size and type of roughness of the pipe and appropriate Q of the fluid during design or plant operation based on the correlations presented in this paper. The challenge with the delivery of fluids is either non delivery or insufficient delivery to the desired destination. Oftentimes, it is either the insufficient pumping due to faulty pumps or high friction losses in the delivery system. This may be caused by pipe blockage or increased roughness which may contribute to high friction losses or the system has a high positive delivery head or insufficient net positive suction head at the pump. The purpose of the study was therefore to establish levels of friction losses in different sizes of pipes fitted with fittings; gate valve, 45 and 90 o elbows and exit and entry structures in order to determine the head losses that contribute to the increase of equivalent lengths of pipes that increase the delivery heads and hence problems of fluids delivery to desired destinations.