Licensed copy:Southbank University, 13/05/2008, Uncontrolled Copy, ® BSI
w Table D.4 Example of pipe sizing calculations for cold water services
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Pipe Flow rate Pipe Velocity V Head Drop + Available Pipe length Head loss
reference Total Design size lossiJ Rise — head (7 + Actual Effective Pipe Valves*)
14) (10x6)
m LU Vs DN m/s kPa/m kPa kPa m m kPa kPa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Main service pipe - for this example the minimum head in main = 300 kPa (3 bar)
1 to 2 9 + list 0.6 + 0.3 28 1.7 1.4 -50 250 25 35 49 2 SV = 21
0.9
2 to 3 6 + list 0.4 + 0.2 22 2.0 2.5 -30 150 3 4.2 11
0.6
3 to 4 3 + list 0.2 +0.1 15 2.2 5 -30 109 3 4.2 21
0.3
4 to 5 3 + list 0.3 15 2.2 5 + 10 98 1 1.4 7 SV = 18
5 to 6 0.2 15 1.5 2.3 + 10 83 6 8.4 20
5 to 7 0.1 15 0.75 0.6 -5 68 1 1.4 1
Cold water distributing pipes in flats
Cl to C2 13.5 0.35 28 0.63 0.25 +20 20 4 5.6 1.4 Gate valve
=0
C2 to C3 11.5 0.32 22 1 0.8 — 18.6 1 1.4 1.2
C3 to C4 10.0 0.30 22 0.9 0.65 -6 11.4 1.5 2.1 1.4
C3 to C5 1.5 0.15 15 1.1 1.3 -7 10.4 0.7 1.0 1.3
C2 to C6 2.0 0.10 15 0.7 0.6 -7 11.6 1 1.4 0.9
oss Residual
Total (11 + Available (8 - Fitting type Required Surplus
12) 13)
kPa kPa kPa kPa
13 14 15 16 17
70 180
11 139
21 88
25 73
20 63 sink float 5 58
1 67 valve (5 mm 30 37
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1.4 18.6
1.2 17.4
1.4 10 bath 8 2
1.3 9.1 wash basin 8 1.1
0.9 10.7 WC cistern 10 0.7
(6.5mm §)