Air Ducts

Velocity and Friction Loss

Based on equation from http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/duct-friction-pressure-loss

Air Flow (m3/s) 0.047 red = inputs

Air Flow (ft3/min) 99.593

Duct Size - Nominal Diameter (mm) 63 80 100

Duct Size - Inside Diameter (mm) 61.8 78.8 98.8
Duct Size - Inside Diameter (inches) 2.433070866 3.102362205 3.88976378

Velocity (m/s) 15.66863004 9.637303622 6.130474459

Velocity (ft/min) 3083.586392 1896.621353 1206.477374

Pressure Loss (Pa/100m) 6429.527872 1898.364555 609.9038382

Pressure Loss (in H2O/100ft) 7.872377157 2.324376231 0.746772258

Note! - the calculation is not valid for higher velocities.

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125 160 200 250 315 400 500

123.8 158.7 198.6 248.5 313.4 398.3 498.2
4.874015748 6.248031496 7.818897638 9.783464567 12.33858268 15.68110236 19.61417323

3.904511328 2.376042054 1.517223247 0.969070092 0.609270278 0.377213619 0.241101843

768.4078294 467.6050763 298.5895349 190.7129941 119.9043907 74.23564014 47.4488427

196.5547719 56.49955873 18.32674861 5.948435202 1.85577059 0.557038856 0.18112339

0.240663596 0.069178615 0.022439451 0.007283323 0.002272224 0.000682044 0.000221769

alid for higher velocities.

 630 800 1000 1250
628.1 798 997.9 1247.8
24.72834646 31.41732283 39.28740157 49.12598425

0.151687708 0.093972806 0.06009439 0.038434215

29.85214097 18.49384817 11.82657596 7.56385349

0.05660264 0.017017146 0.005540186 0.001804236

6.93048E-05 2.0836E-05 6.78346E-06 2.20912E-06