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Pipe Selection and Friction Loss Calculation
Manuel
Calzada, P.E.
Overview
This
course covers the necessary material to design and evaluate piping systems.
The course is intended to be one of a series of courses that covers
different areas of practical aspects of fluid mechanics.
This is the first course of the series and covers the basic areas of
water piping, including friction in pipes, diameter selection of pipes and pump
power requirements. The next courses
will cover more specific piping applications, such as flows in parallel pipes,
open and closed piping systems, cooling towers, pipe insulation, and heat
exchangers.
The student must take a
multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions at the end of
this course to obtain PDH credits.
As
a bonus for the student, a link to a fluid flow calculator (in an Excel File) is
provided in the course quiz. This calculator, which is included in the
course purchase price, is a handy tool that will save you time when performing
piping pressure drop calculations.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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Pressure
drop calculations for fluids in pipes
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Power
requirements to pump a fluid from one point to another
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Impact
that pipe materials and fittings have on pressure drop of fluid in a pipe
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Impact
that fluid temperature may have on pressure drop of the fluid in a pipe
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Simplification
of calculations that require tedious trial and error solutions by the use of
a calculator
Course
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Pipe
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