The below table shows friction loss over 30 metres (or 100 feet) of Buteline PE pipe:
Pressure / Head Loss Per 30 Metres (100 Feet) of Pipe | |||||||||
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Minimum Flow Required | Type 20 | Type 25 | Type 32 | ||||||
L/min | Gallons/min | kPa | Bar | kPa | Bar | kPa | Bar | ||
0.5 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.000 | 0.01 | 0.000 | ||
1 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.003 | 0.07 | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.000 | ||
2 | 0.44 | 1.03 | 0.010 | 0.26 | 0.003 | 0.08 | 0.001 | ||
3 | 0.67 | 2.18 | 0.022 | 0.55 | 0.006 | 0.17 | 0.002 | ||
4 | 0.89 | 3.72 | 0.037 | 0.94 | 0.009 | 0.29 | 0.003 | ||
5 | 1.11 | 5.62 | 0.056 | 1.42 | 0.014 | 0.44 | 0.004 | ||
10 | 2.22 | 20.26 | 0.203 | 5.13 | 0.051 | 1.57 | 0.016 | ||
12 | 2.67 | 28.39 | 0.284 | 7.19 | 0.072 | 2.20 | 0.022 | ||
14 | 3.11 | 37.76 | 0.378 | 9.57 | 0.096 | 2.93 | 0.029 | ||
16 | 3.56 | 48.35 | 0.483 | 12.25 | 0.122 | 3.75 | 0.037 | ||
18 | 4.00 | 60.11 | 0.601 | 15.23 | 0.152 | 4.66 | 0.047 | ||
20 | 4.44 | 73.06 | 0.731 | 18.51 | 0.185 | 5.66 | 0.057 | ||
25 | 5.56 | 110.36 | 1.104 | 27.96 | 0.280 | 8.56 | 0.086 | ||
30 | 6.67 | 154.68 | 1.547 | 39.18 | 0.392 | 11.99 | 0.120 | ||
35 | 7.78 | 205.72 | 2.057 | 52.11 | 0.521 | 15.95 | 0.160 | ||
40 | 8.89 | 263.37 | 2.634 | 66.71 | 0.667 | 20.42 | 0.204 | ||
45 | 10.00 | 327.49 | 3.275 | 82.95 | 0.830 | 25.39 | 0.254 |