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  • Nov 28, 2011, 09:27 AM
    golwalakiran
    how to find out flow in pipe, when only pressure and area values are available.
    Sea water flowing in the pipe. I know pressure and area of the pipe. Now, I want to know flow of sea water in the pipe. How I know?
  • Nov 28, 2011, 10:56 AM
    ebaines
    You don't have enough information to calculate flow rate based solely on static pressure and area of the pipe. However, if you know the difference in pressure between the water at the entrance to the pipe and its exit then the velocity can be estimated from



    Where = pressure difference expressed in terms of "head." This will give you a high end estimate of velocity, as it ignores viscosity of the water and friction of the pipe. Once you have multiply by the area of the pipe to get flow in volume per second.

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