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Table of Air Flows Through Pipe

1) For inlet pressures (p o) other than 7 bar gauge... [ Multiply table pressure drop value by 8,013/(p o + 1,013) ]
2) For inlet temperatures (t o) other that 15 deg C... [ Multiply table pressure drop values by (273 + t o ) / 288 ]
3) For Pipe sizes (d o ) other than sched 40 ( d 40 )... [ Multiply table pressure drop values by (d 40 /do ) 5 ]
4) Pressure drop is proportional to length. For pipe lengths l o other than 100m.... [ multiply table presuure drop by l o /100 ]
It is important to note that this table should only be used for crude estimates. For serious work then detailed calculations should be used.



Pipe Sizes 1/8" to 2"

Pressure drop of air in bars per 100m of schedule 40 commercial pipe
Air Flow
m3/min
15 Deg C
1,013 bar abs
Pipe Size (Sched. 40)
1/8"1/4"3/8"1/2"3/4"1"1 1/4"1 1/2"2"Inches
3610122025324050mm
6,89,212,515,82126,635,140,952,5ID(mm)
0,030,0930,0210,0045-
0,060,3370,0720,0160,0051
0,090,7190,1540,0330,011
0,121,2780,2670,0580,018
0,151,9420,4050,0870,0270,0067
0,23,3570,6980,1460,0470,0110,0035
0,37,5541,570,3190,0990,0240,0073
0,4 2,710,5480,170,0410,012
0,5 4,10,8420,2570,0620,018
0,6 5,91,190,370,0880,0260,0066
0,7 8,031,620,4940,1170,0350,00860,0041
0,8 2,120,6340,150,0440,0110,0053
0,9 2,640,8030,1870,0550,0140,0065
1,0 3,260,9910,2310,0670,0170,0079
1,25 4,991,550,3530,1020,0260,012
1,5 7,22,190,4990,1470,0360,0170,0048
1,75 9,792,980,6790,1960,0470,0220,0064
2,0 3,820,8710,2570,0620,0290,0082
2,25 4,841,10,3250,0760,0360,01
2,5 5,971,360,3930,0940,0450,012
3,0 8,61,920,5650,1350,0630,018
3,5 2,610,7540,1840,0860,024
4,0 3,410,9840,2360,110,03
4,5 4,321,250,2980,1360,038
5,0 5,341,540,3680,1640,046
6 7,682,170,5180,2360,066
7 2,950,6890,3210,09
8 3,850,90,4190,115
9 4,881,140,530,145
10 6,021,410,640,179
11 7,291,710,7740,217
12 8,672,020,9210,252
13 2,381,080,295
14 2,761,250,343
15 3,131,440,393
16 3,571,640,443
17 4,011,850,5
18 4,492,070,558
19 5,012,310,618
20 5,492,530,685
22 6,653,070,825
24 7,913,610,982
26 9,284,221,15
28 4,861,33
30 5,621,52
32 6,391,73
34 7,221,94
36 8,092,17
38 2,41
40 2,67
45 3,36
50 4,15
60 5,98
70 8,14
Inches1/8"1/4"3/8"1/2"3/4"1"1 1/4"1 1/2"2"
mm3610122025324050
ID(mm)6,89,212,515,82126,635,140,952,5


Pipe Sizes 2 1/2" to 12"

Pressure drop of air in bars per 100m of schedule 40 commercial pipe
Air Flow
m3/min
15 Deg C
1,013 bar abs
Pipe Size (Sched. 40)
2 1/2"3"3 1/2"4"5"6"8"10"12"Inches
38090100125150200250300mm
62,777,990,1102,3128,2154,1202,7254,5303,3ID (mm)
2,250,0042
2,50,0051
3,00,0073
3,50,0097
4,00,012
4,50,0160,0051
5,00,0190,0063
60,0270,009
70,0360,0120,0059
80,0470,0150,0075
90,0580,0190,0094
100,0720,0230,011
110,0850,0280,0140,0073
120,1010,0330,0160,0085
130,1190,0390,0190,0098
140,1380,0450,0220,011
150,1580,0510,0250,013
160,1780,0580,0280,015
170,20,0650,0310,016
180,2230,0720,0350,018
190,2470,0810,0390,02
200,2660,0890,0430,0220,0072
220,3280,1070,0520,0270,0086
240,3880,1260,0610,0320,01
260,4550,1480,0710,0370,012
280,5250,1710,0820,0430,0140,0054
300,6030,1970,0940,0490,0160,0061
320,6820,2220,1060,0550,0180,0069
340,770,2510,1190,0620,020,0078
360,8630,280,1340,070,0220,0087
380,9570,3120,1480,0770,0240,0096
401,050,3460,1640,0860,0270,011
451,330,4350,2070,1070,0340,013
501,650,5340,2540,1320,0420,016
602,370,7650,3630,1880,0590,0230,0058
703,231,030,4950,2540,080,0310,0077
804,221,350,6390,3320,1040,040,01
905,341,70,8080,4180,130,0510,0130,0041
1006,592,10,9920,5130,160,0620,0150,005
1107,972,541,190,6210,1920,0750,0190,006
1209,493,021,420,7390,2280,0890,0220,0071
130 3,551,670,8620,2670,1030,0260,0082
140 4,121,9310,3080,120,0290,0095
150 4,732,221,150,3530,1380,0340,0110,0045
200 8,43,942,030,6280,2430,0590,0190,0078
250 6,163,170,9750,3780,090,0290,012
300 8,884,561,40,540,1290,0410,017
350 6,211,90,7350,1740,0560,023
400 8,112,480,960,2270,0720,03
450 3,1412150,2860,0910,037
500 3,881,50,3520,1120,046
550 4,691,820,4240,1340,055
600 5,582,160,5040,160,066
650 6,552,540,5920,1880,076
700 7,62,940,6860,2180,089
750 8,723,380,7880,2480,101
800 3,840,8960,2820,115
850 4,341,010,3190,13
Inches2 1/2"3"3 1/2"4"5"6"8"10"12"
mm38090100125150200250300
ID (mm)62,777,990,1102,3128,2154,1202,7254,5303,3