Gas Pipes - Low Pressure Sizing

Sizing gas pipes for apartment service lines.

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With more than one consumer supplied from a service pipe a diversity in consumption as indicated below can be expected:

Gas pipes - capacity and number of apartments - diagram

Nominal Size of Gas Pipe (inches)
No. of Apartments	Length of Service Pipe (feet)
No. of Apartments	20	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110
4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
8	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
10	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
12	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2.5
14	2	2	2	2	2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
16	2	2	2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
20	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
24	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	3
30	2.5		2.5	2.5	2.5	3	3	3	3
40	2.5	2.5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
48	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

Nominal Size of Gas Pipe (inches)
No. of Apartments	Length of Service Pipe (feet)
No. of Apartments	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200
4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
8	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
10	2	2	2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
12	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
14	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
16	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
20	2.5	2.5	2.5	3	3	3	3	3	3
24	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
30	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
40	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
48	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

1 ft (foot) = 0.3048 m

The table is based on schedule 40 steel pipe and can be used for a low pressure services lines with pressure head 6 in_H2O and gas with 0.6 specific gravity and pressure drop 0.3 in_H2O.

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