Pressure drop calculators

Calculator's features:

  1. Calculate pressure drop for known flow rate
  2. Calculate flow rate for known pressure drop
  3. Darcy formula for friction coefficient calculation
  4. Colebrook-White formula for turbulent flow calculation
  5. Flow in valves and fittings
  6. Laminar and turbulent flow
  7. Flow velocity/diameter calculation
Pressure drop calculator

Pressure Drop

For incompressible fluids

  • Liquids and low-pressure gases
  • Circular or rectangular pipes
  • Incompressible flow (ρ = const)
  • Colebrook-White equation
gas pressure drop calculator

Gas Pressure Drop Calculator

For any perfect gas flow

  • Applicable for any perfect gas in a long and closed round pipe
  • Compressible ρ ≠ const.
  • Isothermal T=const.
Air pressure drop

Compressible air flow

Flow rate of air flow calculations

  • Flow of air in a closed round pipe
  • Compressible flow ρ ≠ const.
  • Isothermal flow T=const.
Natural gas pressure drop calculator

High pressure natural gas

Flow rate calculations of natural gas

  • Applicable for natural gas lines over 1 bar, longer than 1 m
  • Calculations available based on the Van der Waals method and
  • Redlich-Kwong method

Calculators for pressure differential devices

Calculator's features:

  1. Calculate flow rate in pipe based on the created pressure drop,
  2. For liquids and perfect gases,
  3. Flow velocity calculation,
  4. Convert between volume and mass flow rate,
  5. Reynolds number calculation,
  6. Discharge coefficient calculation.
Venturi effect calculator

Venturi tube

Venturi effect calculation

  • Quickly calculate the actual flow rate through the Venturi tube
  • Flow rate calculation from the measured pressure difference caused by the flow contraction
Orifice sizing calculator

Orifice plate calculator

Calculate orifice diameters

  • Quickly calculate the actual flow rate through the orifice
  • Flow rate calculation from the measured pressure drop caused by the orifice plate inserted in the pipeline
Nozzle calculator

Nozzle and Venturi nozzle

Nozzle calculation

  • Calculate flow rate using the static pressure difference between inlet pressure and pressure in the nozzle throat
  • The calculation is according to ISO 5167-3
Prandtl probe calculator

Prandtl probe - Pitot tube

Calculate flow velocity

  • Calculate flow velocity by measuring a difference between stagnation pressure and static pressure in a single point of a flow streamline
  • Applicable for airflow in rectangular and round ducts

Easy calculators for quick calculations

Pipe diameter calculator

Pipe diameter calculator

Calculate flow velocity

  • Quick pipe diameter calculation in closed, round, rectangular pipes and ducts
  • Enter flow rate and velocity in text fields in the calculator and click calculate button to get results
Minor losses K factor calculator

Resistance coefficient K

Flow in valves and fittings

  • Resistance coefficient (or resistance factor) K calculation for flow through valves and fittings
  • Should be used with pressure drop calculator or with gas compressible flow calculator
Reynolds number calculator

Reynolds number

Laminar or turbulent flow

  • Analyze what makes fluid flow regime laminar and what is needed to force the fluid to flow in the turbulent regime
  • Calculator for all fluids and flow rates without any restriction
Heat power calculator

Thermal energy

Calculate heat energy, thermal power and flow rate

  • Calculator for heat power calculation, and the flow rate calculation
  • Suitable for hot water boilers, water and air heat exchangers, chillers, heaters, and other equipment
Gas discharge calculator

Gas offtake

Calculate offtake of gas

  • Calculation of gas outflow from the pipe or through the valve to the atmosphere or to a reservoir
  • Calculate the maximum flow rate when you know pressure difference and pipe diameter
LPG calculator

LPG flow

Calculate heat power and flow rate of LPG

  • Calculate flow rate, pipe diameter and heat power of liquefied petroleum gas – LPG
  • Determine flow rate of an LPG in a gas furnace, for burner heat power
Control valve calculator

Control valve sizing calculator

Calculate flow coefficient

  • Calculate maximum flow rate through valve for pressure drop and flow coefficient Cv
  • Compare control valves from different manufacturers
Gas control valve calculator

Gas control valve sizing calculator

Calculate flow coefficient

  • Calculate valve capacity for given upstream and downstream pressure and known Cg or Kg
  • The calculator is in line with the standard EN334
Pump performance calculator

Pump performance calculator

Calculate pipe flow rate and head

  • Calculate the actual flow and required head of the pump (or ventilator)
  • Calculate variable pump speed for known flow rate and head
Pipe wall thickness calculator

Pipe wall thickness calculator

Calculation of pipe wall size

  • calculate the thickness of the pipe wall based on the known value of the internal pressure and the permitted specified minimum yield stress in the pipe
  • Based on the ASME B31.8 standard
  • Calculation of actual stress in the pipe
  • Checking the thickness of the pipe wall for the known value of the permissible stress
  • Carbon steel, stainless steel, copper and PVC pipes.