KOURISA
Nov 9, 2009, 04:31 PM
How many cubic feet of nitrogen does it take to fill 1400 feet of 4inch pipe to 440psi
KISS
Nov 9, 2009, 08:18 PM
Is this a trick question? I know that a 4" pipe is not 4" in diameter, so things like schedule 80 or schedule 40 need to be known in order to determine the diameter of the pipe.
volume = PI*d*L
Now if they want the volume at atmospheric pressure needed to fill a 4" ID pipe, I might be able to solve that, but as it's written it's unsolveable unless you assume something:
Volume is volume
ft^3 is at atmospheric pressure and temperature.
See Gas laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_laws)
Difference between Pipes and Tubes (http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/pipes-tubes-d_347.html)
Lots of things can be done with P1V1=nRT1 and P2V2=nRT2
when you substitute and assume say constant volume, constant temp or constant pressure