Omega Engineering FP-6000 manual Factors Wrought Steel

K-factors Wrought Steel

STD WROUGHT STEEL PIPE PER ANSI B36.10

K-FACTOR K-FACTOR A-FACTOR A-FACTOR

PIPE		PULSES/		PULSES/		U.S.
SIZE		U.S. GAL		LITER		GPM/HZ		LPM/HZ
1 1/2		122.000	32.2325		0.4918		1.8615
2	78.690		20.7900		0.7625		2.8860
2 1/2	55.630		14.6975		1.0786		4.0823
3	35.530		9.3871		1.6887		6.3918
3 1/2	26.070		6.8877		2.3015		08.711
4	19.840		5.2417		3.0242		11.447
5	12.090		3.1942		4.9628		18.784
6	8.0410		2.1244		7.4618		28.243
8	4.3500		1.1493		13.793		52.207
10	2.6080		0.6890		23.006		87.078
12	1.7400		0.4597		34.483		130.52
14	1.3950		0.3686		43.011		162.80
16	1.0220		0.2700		58.708		222.21
18	0.7800		0.2061		76.923		291.15
20	0.6150		0.1625		97.561		369.27
22	0.4970		0.1313		120.72		456.94
24	0.4110		0.1086		145.99		552.55

XS WROUGHT STEEL PIPE PER ANSI B36.10

K-FACTOR K-FACTOR A-FACTOR A-FACTOR

PIPE		PULSES/		PULSES/		U.S.
SIZE		U.S. GAL		LITER		GPM/HZ		LPM/HZ
1 1/2		136.100	35.9577		0.4409		1.6686
2	88.590		23.4055		0.6773		2.5635
2 1/2	62.810		16.5945		0.9553		3.6157
3	39.990		10.5654		1.5004		5.6789
3 1/2	29.220		7.7199		2.0534		7.7721
4	22.160		5.8547		2.7076		10.248
5	13.420		3.5456		4.4709		16.923
6	9.0160		2.3820		6.6548		25.189
8	4.8190		1.2732		12.451		47.126
10	2.7730		0.7326		21.637		81.897
12	1.8240		0.4819		32.895		124.51
14	1.4550		0.3844		41.237		156.08
16	1.0590		0.2798		56.657		214.45
18	0.8050		0.2127		74.534		282.11
20	0.6320		0.1670		94.937		359.34
22	0.5100		0.1347		117.65		445.29
24	0.4200		0.1110		142.86		540.71

SCH 40 WROUGHT STEEL PIPE PER ANSI B36.10

K-FACTOR K-FACTOR A-FACTOR A-FACTOR

PIPE	PULSES/		PULSES/		U.S.
SIZE	U.S. GAL		LITER		GPM/HZ		LPM/HZ
1 1/2	122.000	32.232		0.4918		1.8615
2	78.690	20.790		0.7625		2.8860
2 1/2	55.630	14.697		1.0786		4.0823
3	35.530	9.3871		1.6887		6.3918
3 1/2	26.070	6.8877		2.3015		08.711
4	19.840	5.2417		3.0242		11.447
5	12.090	3.1942		4.9628		18.784
6	8.0410	2.1244		7.4618		28.243
8	4.3500	1.1493		13.793		52.207
10	2.6080	0.6890		23.006		87.078
12	1.7610	0.4653		34.072		128.96
14	1.4250	0.3765		42.105		159.37
16	1.0590	0.2798		56.657		214.45
18	0.8180	0.2161		73.350		277.63
20	0.6460	0.1707		92.879		351.55
22	*	*		*		*
24	0.4350	0.1149		137.93		522.07

SCH 80 WROUGHT STEEL PIPE PER ANSI B36.10

K-FACTOR K-FACTOR A-FACTOR A-FACTOR

PIPE		PULSES/		PULSES/		U.S.
SIZE		U.S. GAL		LITER		GPM/HZ		LPM/HZ
1 1/2		136.100	35.9577		0.4409		1.6686
2	88.590		23.4055		0.6773		2.5635
2 1/2	62.810		16.5945		0.9553		3.6157
3	39.990		10.5654		1.5004		5.6789
3 1/2	29.220		7.7199		2.0534		7.7721
4	22.160		5.8547		2.7076		10.248
5	13.420		3.5456		4.4709		16.923
6	9.0160		2.3820		6.6548		25.189
8	4.8190		1.2732		12.451		47.126
10	2.8970		0.7654		20.711		78.391
12	1.9620		0.5184		30.581		115.75
14	1.5890		0.4198		37.760		142.92
16	1.1750		0.3104		51.064		193.28
18	0.9040		0.2388		66.372		251.22
20	0.7160		0.1892		83.799		317.18
22	0.5820		0.1538		103.093		390.21
24	0.4820		0.1273		124.48		471.16

21