Recent content by Ironwood

I appreciate the engineering feedback, you're close on the application. This is actually a fire suppression system for an off-grid application with no access to consistent power or water. I want the thing to sit there charged and ready to go to be triggered at a moment's notice, I've already...

so almost four gallons of air at 200 psi is all it would take to move 30 gallons up 8 feet?

I feel like Bernoulli's principal and the ideal gas law is where I should start, but as the pressure goes down in the air tank and the volume increases in the water tank I am not sure how to calculate the change.

- for the pipe, there is a range but I specified 3/4" because that is in the middle of the range. there is a nozzle on the end of the outlet pipe as well, and a regulator in between the air and water tanks. -I'll attach a quick drawing of the configuration, feel free to ask for more details...

I would love to show you the idea, I'll see if I can attach a photo. yes the volume of air at 200 psi,

Greeting, I have been noodling on this problem for a bit and was hoping to have some input from this form. what volume of compressed air, at 200 PSI, will it take to push lets say 30 gallons of water 8 feet up a 3/4" pipe at a minimum of 8 gpm with a minimum pressure of 8psi at the top if...