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    What exactly does pressure drop tell you?

    thank you this kinda helped me out a bit. but could you explain a bit more? like why does low pressure drop indicate the pipe is bigger than needed, or why the smaller pipe would cost more to pump water through it. also, what do you mean by "change of head" ?? and as for a real example, what...
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    What exactly does pressure drop tell you?

    I am still very very confused lol. still not understanding the physical aspect of it. So let's say i have a system where i am pumping out water to a home from a water tank. after doing bernoulli's equation to solve this problem for pressure drop, (assuming i have all other terms already such as...
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    What exactly does pressure drop tell you?

    thx for the welcome . So high pressure drop mean high energy loss (potential or kinetic ??) but what does that tell you if you have high energy loss? also, if there is high pressure drop in a system why would the cost of it be high?
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    What exactly does pressure drop tell you?

    Hello, I am currently a chemical engineering major and i have a question. What exactly does pressure drop tell you? i know the equations to solve for pressure drop for various situations (using ergon equation for a bed, or skin friction for pipes, using friction factor, etc etc ( is there...