HDPE pipe pressure loss
Pipeline Design Calculator
Pre-design tool for water transfer networks.
BUKAN PIPE
Engineering Calculators
Engineering tools for preliminary pipeline design.
These tools exist so that a diameter and pump range is in hand before the technical department is contacted, and the enquiry can be made against real numbers rather than a guess.
Pipeline design calculator
It takes flow rate, route length, elevation difference and SDR, and returns flow velocity, friction head loss, total head and approximate motor power for each candidate diameter. It recommends the diameter that keeps velocity inside an acceptable engineering band.
What to do with the diameter
The tool works in effective internal diameter. To order, you need the outer diameter and SDR — the wall thickness follows from SDR and sets the bore. The full catalogue chart of diameter, wall thickness and SDR is published in the technical centre.