Pipe Sizing - Roughness figures and equivalent range selection


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Method

The following figures are used by the Netsys Pipe sizing program.

    Range Roughness     Range Roughness     Range Roughness
Steel BS 1387 Medium    0.046Steel BS 1387 Heavy    0.046Galvanised BS 1387    0.15
Copper BS 2871 Table X    0.0015Copper BS 2871 Table Y    0.0015Copper BS 2871 Table Z    0.0015
PVC-U BS 3505 Class E    0.003Mapress DIN 2394 Heating Pipes    0.01Mapress DVGW W 541 Water Pipes    0.0015
Microbore Pipework BS 2871 Table X    0.003Microbore Pipework BS 2871 Table Y    0.003MDPE (80) for gas upto 3 bar    0.003
MDPE (80) for gas upto 5.5 bar    0.003Polybutylene PB 4137    0.007MDPE (80) For Water upto 8 bar    0.003
MDPE (80) For Water upto 12.5 bar    0.003ISO Stainless Steel Pipes T=1.6 to 2.6    0.005PVC-C    0.007
ABS Pipework PN10    0.003ClimaTherm SDR 7.4    0.007ClimaTherm SDR 11    0.007
FusioTherm SDR 11    0.007Fusiotherm Faser SDR 7.4    0.007Copper BS 2871 Table X Full Range    0.0015
Rautherm Universal/S    0.007Rautherm Universal/RAUHIS    0.007Rautherm Universal    0.007
Rautherm S    0.007RAUHIS    0.007Rautherm Pipe in Corrugated Sleeve    0.007
Uponor MLC (Unipipe) Pipework    0.0004Yorkshire Fittings Xpress Galvanised CS    0.01Yorkshire Fittings Xpress Copper    0.0015
Friatherm Hot/Cold Pipework System    0.007SuperFlo Chilled/Cold Water (3m)    0.003SuperFlo Chilled/Cold Water (6m)    0.003
Wefatherm Pipe System PPR (SDR 11)    0.007Wefatherm Pipe System PPR (SDR 7,4)    0.007Wefatherm Pipe System PPR (SDR 6)    0.007
Wefatherm Stabi System PPR (SDR 6)    0.007Wefatherm Stabi System PPR (SDR 6/UV)    0.007Wefatherm Fiber System PPR (SDR 7,4)    0.007
Geberit Mapress Carbon Steel System    0.01Geberit Mapress Stainless Steel System    0.0015Geberit Mapress Copper System    0.001
Geberit Mepla System    0.007 

If you are using this information to help choose an equivalent pipe range to one we have not considered, this table of pipe sizes should be useful. The Netsys program sizes using the Nominal diameter of its pipe types.