HHE 2022-2023

649 Twelve SELECTING THE RIGHT PIPE Diameter Temperature Nylon Pipe PEXa Pipe Anodised Aluminium Pipe Powder Coated Aluminium Pipe Copper Pipe LLDPE Pipe 10 mm -20°C 15 bar N/A N/A N/A 16 bar N/A 23°C 15 bar N/A N/A N/A 16 bar N/A 65°C 8 bar N/A N/A N/A 10 bar N/A 15 mm -20°C 15 bar 16 bar 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar 10 bar 23°C 15 bar 16 bar 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar 10 bar 65°C 8 bar 9 bar 16 bar 16 bar 16 bar 7 bar 22 mm -20°C 14 bar 16 bar 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 23°C 14 bar 16 bar 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 65°C 7 bar 9 bar 16 bar 16 bar 16 bar N/A 28 mm -20°C 14 bar 16 bar 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 23°C 14 bar 16 bar 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 65°C 7 bar 9 bar 16 bar 16 bar 16 bar N/A 35 mm -20°C N/A N/A 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 23°C N/A N/A 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 65°C N/A N/A 16 bar 16 bar 16 bar N/A 42 mm -20°C N/A N/A 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 23°C N/A N/A 20 bar 20 bar 20 bar N/A 65°C N/A N/A 16 bar 16 bar 16 bar N/A 54 mm -20°C N/A N/A 18 bar 18 bar 18 bar N/A 23°C N/A N/A 18 bar 18 bar 18 bar N/A 65°C N/A N/A 14 bar 14 bar 14 bar N/A Note: The above pressures and temperatures are in relation to Sharkbite Air fittings when used with the pipe materials listed Ball Valves. 16 bar @ 20°C max SharkBite Air working pressures and temperatures when used with the following pipe materials 8 bar network pressure using hard anodised pipe with a maximum 0.24 bar (3%) pressure loss 16 bar network pressure using hard anodised pipe with a maximum 0.49 bar (3%) pressure loss Flow Length (m) Nm 3 /H Nm 3 /min 50 100 150 300 500 750 1000 1300 1600 2000 10 0.2 15 15 15 22 22 22 22 22 22 28 30 0.5 22 22 22 28 28 28 35 35 35 35 50 0.8 22 28 28 28 35 35 35 42 42 42 70 1.2 22 28 28 35 35 42 42 42 42 54 100 1.7 28 35 35 42 42 42 54 54 54 54 150 2.5 35 35 42 42 54 54 54 54 250 4.2 35 42 42 54 54 350 5.8 42 54 54 54 500 8.3 54 54 54 750 12.5 54 Flow Length (m) Nm 3 /H Nm 3 /min 50 100 150 300 500 750 1000 1300 1600 2000 10 0.2 15 15 15 15 15 15 22 22 22 22 30 0.5 15 15 22 22 22 22 28 28 28 28 50 0.8 22 22 22 22 28 28 28 28 35 35 70 1.2 22 22 22 28 28 35 35 35 35 35 100 1.7 22 22 28 28 35 35 35 42 42 42 150 2.5 28 28 28 35 35 42 42 42 54 54 250 4.2 28 35 35 42 42 54 54 54 54 54 350 5.8 35 35 42 42 54 54 54 500 8.3 35 42 42 54 54 750 12.5 42 54 54 54 1000 16.7 54 54 54 1250 20.8 54 54 1500 25.0 54 1750 29.2 54 2000 33.3 54 System pipe sizing To determine the correct size of pipe required for a closed loop network, select the flow and pipe length for your application from the tables. Velocity is not used in the calculation. The calculations show the data for an 8 and 16 bar system with SharkBite Anodised Aluminium system pipe, further data is available on request.