Eclipse Engineering Guide

Pressure Drop, psi per 100 feet
of equivalent pipe length
Pressure Drop, psi per 100 feet
of equivalent pipe length
20
15
10
5
OIL PIPING PRESSURE LOSSES (Cont’d)
Pressure Drop, psi per
100 feet of equivalent
pipe length
10
5
100 SSU Intermediate Oil
1/2" 3/4" 1"
0
0 5 10
Oil Flow, gpm
15 20
0
0 5 10
Oil Flow, gpm
15 20
20
15
10
5
1000 SSU Heavy Oil
1" 1-1/4"
10,000 SSU Heavy Oil
2" 2-1/2"
1-1/2"
2"
2-1/2"
0
0 5 10
Oil Flow, gpm
15 20
28
3"
4"
1-1/4"
1-1/2"
Pressure Drop
Correction Factors
for Other Viscosities
Viscosity, Correction
SSU Factor
200 0.2
300 0.3
400 0.4
500 0.5
600 0.6
700 0.7
800 0.8
900 0.9
1200 1.2
1500 1.5
2000 2.0
2500 2.5
Pressure Drop
Correction Factors
for Other Viscosities
Viscosity, Correction
SSU Factor
2000 0.2
3000 0.3
4000 0.4
5000 0.5
6000 0.6
7000 0.7
8000 0.8
9000 0.9
12000 1.2
15000 1.5