2007-06-08 04:30:12 · 6 answers · asked by tom the plumber 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
10 metres high is approx 1 bar.
30 foot of head is just like saying from 30 foot high.
there is a science to it, working out size of pipes and size of water tanks, size of boilers, rads, and so on.
2007-06-08 07:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by JIM M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I recommend two books for you.
"The Pipe Fitter's and Pipe Welder's Handbook" by Thomas Frankland.
'IPT'S Pipe Trades Handbook' by Robert A Lee.
Every trig table and formula you'll ever need will be in these two books.
Anyway, head pressure is the height a certain pump or water system can deliver water in a specific size pipe at a specific flow rate.
2007-06-09 04:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water pressure is often described in terms of "head pressure". Water lines may be pressurized either by pump or by storing a large volume of water in an elevated tank (water tower). Head pressure relates the height of the tank and water pressure. Water produces a static (non-flowing) pressure of 0.43 psi (pounds per square inch) for each foot that it is raised. So, a 100 foot elevation (100 foot head) storage tank produces 43 psi under static conditions.
2007-06-08 12:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by John F 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure. Even major cities have water towers. I worked for a water company with over a million customers and we had a huge water tower that the water was stored and distrubuted from. It maintained a high head pressure to insure all the lines were "pressurized".
2007-06-08 12:10:15 · answer #4 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like you need to go back to plumbing school!
2007-06-09 00:36:45 · answer #5 · answered by poppyman54 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would think hydraulics, gravitational flow, etc. Probably more physics than science.
2007-06-08 11:36:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋