Reference

Friction Loss Characteristics

Polyethylene (PE) SDR Pressure Rated Tube

(2306, 3206, 3306) SDR 7, 9, 11.5, 15 C=150

psi Loss Per 100 Feet of Pipe (psi/100 ft.)

Sizes 1/2" through 6" Flow 1 through 600 GPM ▲

Size 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1 1/4" 1 1/2" 2" 2 1/2" 3" 4" 6"
I.D. 0.622 0.824 1.049 1.380 1.610 2.067 2.469 3.068 4.026 6.065
Flow GPM Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss Velocity fps psi Loss
1 1.05 0.49 0.60 0.12 0.37 0.04 0.21 0.01 0.15 0.00 0.09 0.00
2 2.10 1.76 1.20 0.45 0.74 0.14 0.42 0.04 0.31 0.02 0.19 0.01
3 3.16 3.73 1.80 0.95 1.11 0.29 0.64 0.08 0.47 0.04 0.28 0.01 0.20 0.00
4 4.21 6.35 2.40 1.62 1.48 0.50 0.85 0.13 0.62 0.06 0.38 0.02 0.26 0.01
5 5.27 9.60 3.00 2.44 1.85 0.76 1.07 0.20 0.78 0.09 0.47 0.03 0.33 0.01 0.21 0.00
6 6.32 13.46 3.60 3.43 2.22 1.06 1.28 0.28 0.94 0.13 0.57 0.04 0.40 0.02 0.26 0.01
7 7.38 17.91 4.20 4.56 2.59 1.41 1.49 0.37 1.10 0.18 0.66 0.05 0.46 0.02 0.30 0.01
8 8.43 22.93 4.80 5.84 2.96 1.80 1.71 0.47 1.25 0.22 0.76 0.07 0.53 0.03 0.34 0.01
9 9.49 28.52 5.40 7.26 3.33 2.24 1.92 0.59 1.41 0.28 0.85 0.08 0.60 0.03 0.39 0.01
10 10.54 34.67 6.00 8.82 3.70 2.73 2.14 0.72 1.57 0.34 0.95 0.10 0.66 0.04 0.43 0.01
11 11.60 41.36 6.00 10.53 4.07 3.25 2.35 0.86 1.73 0.40 1.05 0.12 0.73 0.05 0.47 0.02 0.27 0.00
12 12.65 48.60 7.21 12.37 4.44 3.82 2.57 1.01 1.88 0.48 1.14 0.14 0.80 0.06 0.52 0.02 0.30 0.01
14 14.76 64.65 8.41 16.46 5.19 5.08 2.99 1.34 2.20 0.63 1.33 0.19 0.93 0.08 0.60 0.03 0.35 0.01
16 16.87 82.79 9.61 21.07 5.93 6.51 3.42 1.71 2.51 0.81 1.52 0.24 1.07 0.10 0.69 0.04 0.40 0.01
18 18.98 102.97 10.81 26.21 6.67 8.10 3.85 2.13 2.83 1.01 1.71 0.30 1.20 0.13 0.78 0.04 0.45 0.01
20 12.01 31.86 7.41 9.84 4.28 2.59 3.14 1.22 1.90 0.36 1.33 0.15 0.86 0.05 0.50 0.01
22 13.21 38.01 8.15 11.74 4.71 3.09 3.46 1.46 2.10 0.43 1.47 0.18 0.95 0.06 0.55 0.02
24 14.42 44.65 8.89 13.79 5.14 3.63 3.77 1.72 2.29 0.51 1.60 0.21 1.04 0.07 0.60 0.02
26 15.62 48.15 9.64 16.00 5.57 4.21 4.09 1.99 2.48 0.59 1.74 0.25 1.12 0.09 0.65 0.02
28 16.82 59.41 10.38 18.35 5.99 4.83 4.40 2.28 2.67 0.68 1.87 0.29 1.21 0.10 0.70 0.03
30 18.02 67.50 11.12 20.85 6.42 5.49 4.72 2.59 2.86 0.77 2.00 0.32 1.30 0.11 0.75 0.03 0.33 0.00
35 12.97 27.74 7.49 7.31 5.50 3.45 3.34 1.02 2.34 0.43 1.51 0.15 0.88 0.04 0.38 0.01
40 14.83 35.53 8.56 9.36 6.29 4.42 3.81 1.31 2.67 0.55 1.73 0.19 1.00 0.05 0.44 0.01
45 16.68 44.19 9.64 11.64 7.08 5.50 4.29 1.63 3.01 0.69 1.95 0.24 1.13 0.06 0.49 0.01
50 18.53 53.71 10.71 14.14 7.87 6.68 4.77 1.98 3.34 0.83 2.16 0.29 1.25 0.08 0.55 0.01
55 11.78 16.87 8.65 7.97 5.25 2.36 3.68 1.00 2.38 0.35 1.38 0.09 0.61 0.01
60 12.85 19.82 9.44 9.36 5.72 2.78 4.01 1.17 2.60 0.41 1.51 0.11 0.66 0.01
65 13.92 22.99 10.23 10.86 6.20 3.22 4.35 1.36 2.81 0.47 1.63 0.13 0.72 0.02
70 14.99 26.37 11.01 12.46 6.68 3.69 4.68 1.56 3.03 0.54 1.76 0.14 0.77 0.02
75 16.06 29.97 11.80 14.16 7.16 4.20 5.01 1.77 3.25 0.61 1.88 0.16 0.83 0.02
80 17.13 33.77 12.59 15.95 7.63 4.73 5.35 1.99 3.46 0.69 2.01 0.18 0.88 0.03
85 18.21 37.79 13.37 17.85 8.11 5.29 5.68 2.23 3.68 0.77 2.13 0.21 0.94 0.03
90 19.28 42.01 14.16 19.84 8.59 5.88 6.02 2.48 3.90 0.86 2.26 0.23 0.99 0.03
95 14.95 21.93 9.07 6.50 6.35 2.74 4.11 0.95 2.39 0.25 1.05 0.03
100 15.74 24.12 9.54 7.15 6.69 3.01 4.33 1.05 2.51 0.28 1.10 0.04
110 17.31 28.77 10.50 8.53 7.36 3.59 4.76 1.25 2.76 0.33 1.22 0.05
120 18.88 33.80 11.45 10.02 8.03 4.22 5.20 1.47 3.02 0.39 1.33 0.05
130 12.41 11.62 8.70 4.90 5.63 1.70 3.27 0.45 1.44 0.06
140 13.36 13.33 9.37 5.62 6.06 1.95 3.52 0.52 1.55 0.07
150 14.32 15.15 10.03 6.38 6.50 2.22 3.77 0.59 1.66 0.08
160 15.27 17.08 10.70 7.19 6.93 2.50 4.02 0.67 1.77 0.09
170 16.23 19.11 11.37 8.05 7.36 2.80 4.27 0.75 1.88 0.10
180 17.18 21.24 12.04 8.95 7.80 3.11 4.53 0.83 1.99 0.11
190 18.14 23.48 12.71 9.89 8.23 3.44 4.78 0.92 2.10 0.12
200 19.09 25.81 13.38 10.87 8.66 3.78 5.03 1.01 2.21 0.14
225 15.05 13.52 9.75 4.70 5.66 1.25 2.49 0.17
250 16.73 16.44 10.83 5.71 6.29 1.52 2.77 0.21
275 18.40 19.61 11.92 6.82 6.92 1.82 3.05 0.25
300 13.00 8.01 7.55 2.13 3.32 0.29
325 14.08 9.29 8.18 2.48 3.60 0.34
350 15.17 10.65 8.81 2.84 3.88 0.39
375 16.25 12.10 9.43 3.23 4.15 0.44
400 17.33 13.64 10.06 3.64 4.43 0.50
425 18.42 15.26 10.69 4.07 4.71 0.55
450 19.50 16.97 11.32 4.52 4.99 0.62
475 11.95 5.00 5.26 0.68
500 12.58 5.50 5.54 0.75
550 13.84 6.56 6.10 0.89
600 15.10 7.70 6.65 1.05
Note: Dark shaded area of chart indicates velocities over 5' per second. Use with caution.
Q
Velocity of flow values are computed from the general equation V = .408 d 2
Friction pressure loss values are computed from the equation: hf = 0.2083 100
[ c ( )
1.852 Q 1.852
d4.866 ] x.433 for psi loss per 100' of pipe

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