Given Data

Term Sign Value Unit

Density ρ 1000 kg/m3
Viscosity μ 0.018 mNs/m2
Pipe Length L 3 m
Mass flow meter G 18.6 kg/s

GRAPH
D V f ΔP C inv C opt C total
m m/s pa $ $ $
0.01 236.82256 0.003573082 120237617.826 0.8364582 664416197.6 664416198
0.02 59.205639 0.003110549 3271028.93525 2.0596016 4518811.681 4518813.7
0.03 26.313617 0.002868261 397200.547803 3.4890072 243874.9411 243878.43
0.04 14.80141 0.00270789 88987.3775668 5.0713341 30733.2348 30738.306
0.05 9.4729022 0.002589697 27886.649667 6.7780574 6163.908458 6170.6865
0.06 6.5784043 0.002496967 10805.7237697 8.5909434 1658.636464 1667.2274
0.07 4.8331134 0.002421159 4847.6421753 10.497157 546.681432 557.17859
0.08 3.7003524 0.002357355 2420.8753646 12.487089 209.0221474 221.50924
0.09 2.9237353 0.002302473 1312.13739949 14.553233 89.51465527 104.06789
0.1 2.3682256 0.002254462 758.648080502 16.689535 41.92182797 58.611363
0.2 0.5920564 0.001962623 20.638797307 41.094455 0.285117742 41.379573
0.3 0.2631362 0.001809751 2.50616602868 69.614846 0.015387469 69.630233
0.4 0.1480141 0.001708563 0.56147239442 101.18642 0.001939136 101.18836
0.5 0.094729 0.001633988 0.1759528642 135.24002 0.000388916 135.24041
0.6 0.065784 0.001575479 0.06817950775 171.41186 0.000104653 171.41196
0.7 0.0483311 0.001527648 0.03058655434 209.44581 3.449327E-05 209.44585
0.8 0.0370035 0.00148739 0.01527469091 249.15019 1.318841E-05 249.1502
0.9 0.0292374 0.001452762 0.00827902729 290.37518 5.647993E-06 290.37519
 1 0.0236823 0.00142247 0.00478674578 333 2.645089E-06 333
1.1 0.0195721 0.001395611 0.00291607306 376.92481 1.33172E-06 376.92481
1.2 0.016446 0.001371535 0.0018548034 422.0655 7.117627E-07 422.0655
1.3 0.0140132 0.001349753 0.00122330551 468.35007 3.99989E-07 468.35007
1.4 0.0120828 0.001329895 0.00083209819 515.71609 2.345948E-07 515.71609
1.5 0.0105254 0.00131167 0.00058125381 564.10879 1.427523E-07 564.10879
1.6 0.0092509 0.001294849 0.00041554346 613.47972 8.969667E-08 613.47972
1.7 0.0081946 0.001279243 0.00030318379 663.78561 5.797062E-08 663.78561
1.8 0.0073093 0.001264703 0.0002252285 714.98757 3.8413E-08 714.98757
1.9 0.0065602 0.001251101 0.00017002847 767.05042 2.602641E-08 767.05042
2 0.0059206 0.001238332 0.00013022201 819.94218 1.798971E-08 819.94218
2.1 0.0053701 0.001226307 0.00010104156 873.63358 1.26608E-08 873.63358
 OPTIMUM PIPE DIAMETER
Process variables (Simplex)
Varaiable Sign Value Units
Pipe Diameter D 0.1928804 m
Fluid Velocity v 0.6365708 m/s
Pressure Drop ΔP 24.919647 Pa
Friction factor f 0.0019769 -

Calculations
Variable Sign Value Units
Optimum Diameter D-opt 0.2021986 m
Velocity Optimum v-opt 0.579251 m/s
friction factor f 0.0019956 -
pressure drop ΔP 19.869645 Pa
Investment C-inv 41.682695 $/year
Op. Cost C-op 8.6234261 $/year
Total Cost C 50.306121 $/year

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