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Alright cheers everyone, thanks for the help

Okay cheers, Also would the pressure losses decrease with a larger pipe diameter.

Well here is the situation, I can only change pipe diameter size, looking at changing a section of the 4" pipe to 6". Will more water be avaiable at the outlets with the increase in pipe size, will the pressure increase or decrease.

So the flow rate remains the same, What about the pressure and velocity? I am assuming a decrease in velocity.

Trying to understand what will happen to the fluid in the following scenario. Lets say there is a length of pipe with an OD of 4", what would happen if halfway along the pipe the pipe OD increased to 6" (gradual increase). I believe the pressure of the fluid will decrease, would the flow...

Trying to determine what happens when a pipe of splits off into two pipes which all have the same diameter. If the flow in the two pipes are the same and everyting else is the same. Then is the pressure in pipe 1 equal to P2 + P3 or is it P1=P2=P3. Searched around and haven't been able to...

The fluid is processed water. The conditions of the system are to difficult to determine, different things use water a different times. So the flow through the pipe would be hard to determine without installing a gauge somewhere to measure the flow.

Do u mean flow rate, if so then it is unknown.

Along a horizontal pipe I am getting a pressure drop of roughly 10-20 kPa every 20 metres in a 6.5" (OD) water pipe. This seems much to high and I am thinking the pipe may be stuffed and thus there is to much friction which is reducing the pressure of the water. Just wanted to get some other...

Hey, Just something i wanted to confirm, in a pipe system a booster pump is used to boost the water pressure. A accumaltor is postioned after the pump, a non return valve is required at the pump outlet. I believe the non return valve should be before the accumaltor but after the pump. Is...

Thanks Engineerme, The part of the pipe system I am looking at is at the same elevation. I only ask about the pipe diameter as on the same pipe system there is a section of pipe with a larger diameter which has a much larger pressure (600 kPa where the pipes I am looking at have less then...

Whoops, sorry everyone. That sentence was suppose to say two water pipes not two water pumps. The pipe system is very large and complex for me to explain on here or even provide an diagram. But at water outlets in the same system I was recording readings of 500-600 kPa but at the part...

Basically there are a bunch of outlets along this pipeline and I want to increase the pressure of water coming out. Here is the scenario, there were two water pumps feeding water to two separate locations, one was beyong repair and instead of being replaced water was taken from the other...

Hey, I was wondering of a way to increase water pressure in a pipeline when I think that to much water is being taken from the pipe. Thanks

Hello, I am trying to determine the calculation to use to determine the force at which a disk plate will fail for the following set up. The disk is slid onto a metal bung for a roll, the disk is supported from the inside diameter for around 50mm. A force is then applied on the oppsite side...