Pressure drop
for various flow rates in various copper pipe sizes
Note that the flow rate is gallons per hour, not feet per second.
Flow (galls/hr) | head loss (inch water gauge per foot run) | ||
15mm tube | 22mm tube | 28mm tube | |
5 | 0.01 | ||
10 | 0.02 | ||
15 | 0.03 | ||
20 | 0.05 | ||
25 | 0.07 | ||
30 | 0.10 | 0.01 | |
35 | 0.13 | 0.02 | |
40 | 0.16 | 0.02 | |
45 | 0.20 | 0.03 | |
50 | 0.24 | 0.03 | |
55 | 0.28 | 0.04 | |
60 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
65 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
70 | 0.43 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
75 | 0.49 | 0.08 | 0.02 |
80 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 0.02 |
85 | 0.61 | 0.09 | 0.03 |
90 | 0.68 | 0.10 | 0.03 |
95 | 0.75 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
100 | 0.82 | 0.12 | 0.04 |
110 | 0.15 | 0.04 | |
120 | 0.17 | 0.05 | |
130 | 0.19 | 0.05 | |
140 | 0.22 | 0.06 | |
150 | 0.25 | 0.07 | |
160 | 0.28 | 0.08 | |
170 | 0.31 | 0.09 | |
180 | 0.34 | 0.10 | |
190 | 0.38 | 0.11 | |
200 | 0.41 | 0.12 | |
210 | 0.45 | 0.13 | |
220 | 0.49 | 0.14 | |
230 | 0.54 | 0.15 | |
240 | 0.16 | ||
250 | 0.17 | ||
260 | 0.19 | ||
270 | 0.20 | ||
280 | 0.21 | ||
290 | 0.23 | ||
300 | 0.24 | ||
310 | 0.26 | ||
320 | 0.28 | ||
330 | 0.30 | ||
340 | 0.31 | ||
350 | 0.33 | ||
360 | 0.35 | ||
370 | 0.36 | ||
380 | 0.38 | ||
390 | 0.41 |