Flow Rate of PVC Pipes for Schedule 40 and 80

PVC Flow Chart

Hello People; today, I will discuss all the possible details regarding PVC pipe flow rates. So without further ado, let’s get started.

Water pressure and flow rates through PVC pipes are one of the topics discussed in the piping community.

Still, to break the ice, the question doesn’t have a straight fit to all answers as other factors like material friction and application must be considered.

Flow rate pertains to the quantity of fluid that passes through a pipe within a specified time frame, typically measured in liters per minute or gallons per minute.

The significance of PVC pipe flow rates lies in their influence on the system’s effectiveness and the duration it takes for the fluid to move through the pipes.

PVC Pipe Flow Chart for Schedule 40 PVC Pipe

1/2 Inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ftH2O/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
1	60	1.1	2.1	0.9
2	120	2.3	4.2	1.8
5	300	5.6	23.4	10.5
7	420	7.9	43.1	18.6
10	600	11.3	82	35.5

3/4 Inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
1	60	0.6	0.5	0.2
2	120	1.3	1	0.4
5	300	3.2	5.7	2.5
7	420	4.4	10.5	4.6
10	600	6.3	20	8.7
15	900	9.5	42.5	18.4
20	1200	12.7	72.3	31.3

1 Inch
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
2	120	0.8	0.6	0.2
5	300	1.9	1.7	0.8
7	420	2.7	3.2	1.4
10	600	3.9	6	2.6
15	900	5.8	12.8	5.5
20	1200	7.7	21.8	9.4
25	1500	9.7	32.9	14.2
30	1800	11.6	46.1	20

1 1/4 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
2	120	0.4	0.1	0.1
5	300	1.1	0.4	0.2
7	420	1.6	0.8	0.4
10	600	2.2	1.6	0.7
15	900	3.3	3.3	1.4
20	1200	4.4	5.6	2.4
25	1500	5.5	8.5	3.7
30	1800	6.6	11.9	5.1
35	2100	7.7	15.8	6.8
40	2400	8.8	20.2	8.7
45	2700	9.9	25.1	10.9
50	3000	11.1	30.5	13.2

1 1/2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
2	120	0.3	0.1	0.03
5	300	0.8	0.2	0.1
7	420	1.1	0.4	0.2
10	600	1.6	0.7	0.3
15	900	2.4	1.5	0.7
20	1200	3.2	2.6	1.1
25	1500	4	4	1.7
30	1800	4.9	5.5	2.4
35	2100	5.7	7.4	3.2
40	2400	6.5	9.4	4.1
45	2700	7.3	11.7	5.1
50	3000	8.1	14.3	6.2
60	3600	9.7	20	8.7

2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
5	300	0.5	0.07	0.03
7	420	0.7	0.1	0.05
10	600	1	0.2	0.09
15	900	1.5	0.5	0.2
20	1200	2	0.8	0.3
25	1500	2.4	1.2	0.5
30	1800	2.9	1.6	0.7
35	2100	3.4	2.2	0.9
40	2400	3.9	2.8	1.2
45	2700	4.4	3.4	1.5
50	3000	4.9	4.2	1.8
60	3600	5.9	5.8	2.5
70	4200	6.8	7.8	3.4
75	4500	7.3	8.8	3.8
80	4800	7.8	9.9	4.3
90	5400	8.8	12.4	5.4
100	6000	9.8	15	6.5

2 1/2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
5	300	0.3	0.04	0.02
7	420	0.5	0.05	0.02
10	600	0.7	0.1	0.04
15	900	1	0.2	0.08
20	1200	1.4	0.3	0.1
25	1500	1.7	0.5	0.2
30	1800	2.1	0.7	0.3
35	2100	2.4	0.9	0.4
40	2400	2.7	1.2	0.5
45	2700	3.1	1.4	0.6
50	3000	3.4	1.8	0.8
60	3600	4.1	2.5	1.1
70	4200	4.8	3.3	1.4
75	4500	5.1	3.7	1.6
80	4800	5.5	4.2	1.8
90	5400	6.2	5.2	2.3
100	6000	6.8	6.3	2.7
125	7500	8.6	9.6	4.2
150	9000	10.3	13.4	5.8

3 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
5	300	0.2	0.02	0.01
7	420	0.3	0.02	0.01
10	600	0.4	0.03	0.01
15	900	0.7	0.07	0.03
20	1200	0.9	0.1	0.05
25	1500	1.1	0.2	0.07
30	1800	1.3	0.2	0.1
35	2100	1.6	0.3	0.1
40	2400	1.8	0.4	0.2
45	2700	2	0.5	0.2
50	3000	2.2	0.6	0.3
60	3600	2.7	0.9	0.4
70	4200	3.1	1.1	0.5
75	4500	3.3	1.3	0.6
80	4800	3.5	1.4	0.6
90	5400	4	1.8	0.8
100	6000	4.4	2.2	0.9
125	7500	5.5	3.3	1.4
150	9000	6.6	4.6	2
175	10500	7.7	6.2	2.7
200	12000	8.8	7.9	3.4
250	15000	11	11.9	5.2

4 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
20	1200	0.5	0.03	0.01
25	1500	0.6	0.04	0.02
30	1800	0.8	0.06	0.03
35	2100	0.9	0.08	0.04
40	2400	1	0.1	0.05
45	2700	1.2	0.1	0.06
50	3000	1.3	0.2	0.07
60	3600	1.5	0.2	0.1
70	4200	1.8	0.3	0.1
75	4500	1.9	0.3	0.2
80	4800	2.1	0.4	0.2
90	5400	2.3	0.5	0.2
100	6000	2.6	0.6	0.3
125	7500	3.2	0.9	0.4
150	9000	3.8	1.2	0.5
175	10500	4.5	1.6	0.7
200	12000	5.1	2.1	0.9
250	15000	6.4	3.2	1.4
300	18000	7.7	4.4	1.9
350	21000	9	5.9	2.6
400	24000	10.2	7.5	3.3

5 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
30	1800	0.5	0.02	0.01
35	2100	0.6	0.03	0.01
40	2400	0.7	0.03	0.01
45	2700	0.7	0.04	0.02
50	3000	0.8	0.05	0.02
60	3600	1	0.07	0.03
70	4200	1.1	0.1	0.04
75	4500	1.2	0.1	0.05
80	4800	1.3	0.1	0.06
90	5400	1.5	0.2	0.07
100	6000	1.6	0.2	0.08
125	7500	2	0.3	0.1
150	9000	2.4	0.4	0.2
175	10500	2.8	0.5	0.2
200	12000	3.3	0.7	0.3
250	15000	4.1	1.1	0.5
300	18000	4.9	1.5	0.6
350	21000	5.7	2	0.9
400	24000	6.5	2.5	1.1
450	27000	7.3	3.1	1.3
500	30000	8.1	3.7	1.6

6 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
50	3000	0.6	0.02	0.01
60	3600	0.7	0.03	0.01
70	4200	0.8	0.04	0.02
75	4500	0.8	0.05	0.02
80	4800	0.9	0.05	0.02
90	5400	1	0.06	0.03
100	6000	1.1	0.08	0.04
125	7500	1.4	0.1	0.05
150	9000	1.7	0.2	0.07
175	10500	2	0.2	0.1
200	12000	2.3	0.3	0.1
250	15000	2.8	0.4	0.2
300	18000	3.4	0.6	0.3
350	21000	3.9	0.8	0.3
400	24000	4.5	1	0.4
450	27000	5.1	1.3	0.6
500	30000	5.6	1.5	0.7
750	45000	8.4	3.3	1.4
1000	60000	11.2	5.5	2.4

8 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
100	6000	0.7	0.03	0.01
125	7500	0.8	0.04	0.02
150	9000	1	0.04	0.02
175	10500	1.1	0.06	0.02
200	12000	1.3	0.07	0.03
250	15000	1.6	0.1	0.05
300	18000	1.9	0.2	0.07
350	21000	2.3	0.2	0.09
400	24000	2.6	0.3	0.1
450	27000	2.9	0.3	0.1
500	30000	3.2	0.4	0.2
750	45000	4.9	0.9	0.4
1000	60000	6.5	1.5	0.6
1250	75000	8.1	2.2	1
1500	90000	9.7	3.1	1.3

10 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
200	12000	0.8	0.03	0.01
250	15000	1	0.04	0.02
300	18000	1.2	0.05	0.02
350	21000	1.4	0.07	0.03
400	24000	1.6	0.09	0.04
450	27000	1.9	0.1	0.05
500	30000	2.1	0.1	0.06
750	45000	3.1	0.3	0.1
1000	60000	4.1	0.5	0.2
1250	75000	5.1	0.7	0.3
1500	90000	6.2	1	0.4
2000	120000	8.2	1.7	0.7
2500	150000	10.3	2.6	1.1

12 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
350	21000	1	0.03	0.01
400	24000	1.2	0.04	0.02
450	27000	1.3	0.05	0.02
500	30000	1.5	0.06	0.03
750	45000	2.2	0.1	0.05
1000	60000	2.9	0.2	0.09
1250	75000	3.6	0.3	0.1
1500	90000	4.3	0.4	0.2
2000	120000	5.8	0.7	0.3
2500	150000	7.2	1.1	0.5
3000	180000	8.7	1.6	0.7
3500	210000	10.1	2.1	0.9
4000	240000	11.1	2.7	1.2

14 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
500	30000	1.2	0.03	0.01
750	45000	1.8	0.07	0.03
1000	60000	2.4	0.1	0.05
1250	75000	3	0.2	0.08
1500	90000	3.6	0.3	0.1
2000	120000	4.7	0.5	0.2
2500	150000	5.9	0.7	0.3
3000	180000	7.1	1	0.4
3500	210000	8.3	1.3	0.6
4000	240000	9.5	1.7	0.7
4500	270000	10.7	2.1	0.9
5000	300000	11.9	2.5	1.1
5500	330000	13.1	3	1.3
6000	360000	14.2	3.6	1.5
6500	390000	15.4	4.1	1.8
7000	420000	16.6	4.7	2
7500	450000	17.8	5.4	2.3

16 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
500	30000	0.9	0.02	0.01
750	45000	1.4	0.04	0.02
1000	60000	1.8	0.07	0.03
1250	75000	2.3	0.1	0.04
1500	90000	2.7	0.1	0.06
2000	120000	3.6	0.2	0.1
2500	150000	4.5	0.4	0.2
3000	180000	5.5	0.5	0.2
3500	210000	6.4	0.7	0.3
4000	240000	7.3	0.9	0.4
4500	270000	8.2	1.1	0.5
5000	300000	9.1	1.3	0.6
5500	330000	10	1.6	0.7
6000	360000	10.9	1.9	0.8
6500	390000	11.8	2.2	0.9
7000	420000	12.7	2.5	1.1
7500	450000	13.6	2.8	1.2
8000	480000	14.5	3.2	1.4
8500	510000	14.4	3.5	1.5
9000	540000	16.5	3.9	1.7
9500	570000	17.3	4.3	1.9
10000	600000	18.2	4.8	2.1

Thats it’s for schedule 40 PVC pipe flow rates.

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PVC Pipe Flow Rate Chart for Schedule 80

1/2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ftH2O/100 ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
1	60	1.5	4	1.7
2	120	3	8	3.5
5	300	7.4	45.2	19.6
7	420	10.3	83.1	36

3/4 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
1	60	0.7	0.9	0.4
2	120	1.6	1.7	0.7
5	300	3.9	9.7	4.2
7	420	5.5	11.8	7.7
10	600	7.8	33.8	14.7
15	900	11.8	71.7	31.1

1 inch
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
2	120	0.9	0.9	0.4
5	300	2.3	2.6	1.2
7	420	3.3	5	2.2
10	600	4.7	9.6	4.2
15	900	7	20.4	8.8
20	1200	9.4	34.7	15
25	1500	11.7	52.4	22.7
30	1800	14	73.5	31.8

1 1/4 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
2	120	0.5	0.2	0.1
5	300	1.3	0.7	0.3
7	420	1.8	1.2	0.5
10	600	2.6	2.3	1
15	900	3.9	4.9	2.1
20	1200	5.2	8.3	3.6
25	1500	6.5	12.6	5.4
30	1800	7.8	17.6	7.6
35	2100	9.1	23.4	10.1
40	2400	10.4	30	13
45	2700	11.7	37.3	16.1
50	3000	13	45.3	19.6

1 1/2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
2	120	0.4	0.1	0.04
5	300	0.9	0.3	0.1
7	420	1.3	0.6	0.2
10	600	1.9	1	0.5
15	900	2.8	2.2	1
20	1200	3.8	3.8	1.6
25	1500	4.7	5.7	2.5
30	1800	5.6	8	3.4
35	2100	6.6	10.6	4.6
40	2400	7.5	13.6	5.9
45	2700	8.4	16.9	7.3
50	3000	9.4	20.5	8.9
60	3600	11.3	28.7	12.4

2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
5	300	0.6	0.1	0.04
7	420	0.8	0.2	0.07
10	600	1.1	0.3	0.1
15	900	1.7	0.6	0.3
20	1200	2.2	1.1	0.5
25	1500	2.8	1.6	0.7
30	1800	3.4	2.3	1
35	2100	3.9	3	1.3
40	2400	4.5	3.8	1.7
45	2700	5	4.8	2.1
50	3000	5.6	5.8	2.5
60	3600	6.7	8.1	3.5
70	4200	7.8	10.8	4.7
75	4500	8.4	12.3	5.3
80	4800	8.9	13.8	6
90	5400	10.1	17.2	7.5
100	6000	11.2	20.9	9.1

2 1/2 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
5	300	0.4	0.05	0.02
7	420	0.5	0.07	0.03
10	600	0.8	0.1	0.05
15	900	1.2	0.3	0.1
20	1200	1.6	0.4	0.2
25	1500	2	0.7	0.3
30	1800	2.3	0.9	0.4
35	2100	2.7	1.3	0.5
40	2400	3.1	1.6	0.7
45	2700	3.5	2	0.9
50	3000	3.9	2.4	1.1
60	3600	4.7	3.4	1.5
70	4200	5.5	4.5	2
75	4500	5.9	5.1	2.2
80	4800	6.2	5.8	2.5
90	5400	7	7.2	3.1
100	6000	7.8	8.7	3.8
125	7500	9.8	13.2	5.7
150	9000	11.7	18.5	8

3 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
5	300	0.3	0.02	0.01
7	420	0.4	0.03	0.01
10	600	0.5	0.04	0.02
15	900	0.8	0.09	0.04
20	1200	1	0.2	0.07
25	1500	1.3	0.2	0.1
30	1800	1.5	0.3	0.1
35	2100	1.7	0.4	0.2
40	2400	2	0.5	0.2
45	2700	2.2	0.7	0.3
50	3000	2.5	0.8	0.4
60	3600	3	1.1	0.5
70	4200	3.5	1.5	0.7
75	4500	3.7	1.7	0.7
80	4800	4	1.9	0.8
90	5400	4.5	2.4	1
100	6000	5	2.9	1.3
125	7500	6.2	4.4	1.9
150	9000	7.5	6.2	2.7
175	10500	8.7	8.3	3.6
200	12000	10	10.6	4.6
250	15000	12.5	16	6.9

4 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
20	1200	0.6	0.04	0.02
25	1500	0.7	0.06	0.03
30	1800	0.9	0.08	0.04
35	2100	1	0.1	0.05
40	2400	1.2	0.1	0.06
45	2700	1.3	0.2	0.07
50	3000	1.4	0.2	0.09
60	3600	1.7	0.3	0.1
70	4200	2	0.4	0.2
75	4500	2.2	0.5	0.2
80	4800	2.3	0.5	0.2
90	5400	2.6	0.6	0.3
100	6000	2.9	0.8	0.3
125	7500	3.6	1.2	0.5
150	9000	4.3	1.6	0.7
175	10500	5	2.2	0.9
200	12000	5.7	2.8	1.2
250	15000	7.2	4.2	1.8
300	18000	8.6	5.8	2.5
350	21000	10	7.8	3.4
400	24000	11.5	9.9	4.3

5 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
30	1800	0.5	0.03	0.01
35	2100	0.6	0.04	0.02
40	2400	0.7	0.04	0.02
45	2700	0.8	0.06	0.03
50	3000	0.9	0.07	0.03
60	3600	1.1	0.1	0.04
70	4200	1.3	0.1	0.06
75	4500	1.3	0.1	0.06
80	4800	1.4	0.2	0.07
90	5400	1.6	0.2	0.09
100	6000	1.8	0.2	0.1
125	7500	2.3	0.4	0.2
150	9000	2.7	0.5	0.2
175	10500	3.2	0.7	0.3
200	12000	3.6	0.9	0.4
250	15000	4.5	1.3	0.6
300	18000	5.4	1.9	0.8
350	21000	6.3	2.5	1.1
400	24000	7.2	3.2	1.4
450	27000	8.1	4	1.7
500	30000	9	4.8	2.1

6 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
50	3000	0.6	0.03	0.01
60	3600	0.8	0.04	0.02
70	4200	0.9	0.05	0.02
75	4500	0.9	0.06	0.03
80	4800	1	0.07	0.03
90	5400	1.1	0.08	0.04
100	6000	1.3	0.1	0.04
125	7500	1.6	0.2	0.07
150	9000	1.9	0.2	0.1
175	10500	2.2	0.3	0.1
200	12000	2.5	0.4	0.2
250	15000	3.1	0.6	0.2
300	18000	3.8	0.8	0.3
350	21000	4.4	1	0.5
400	24000	5	1.3	0.6
450	27000	5.6	1.7	0.7
500	30000	6.3	2	0.9
750	45000	9.4	4.3	1.8
1000	60000	12.5	7.2	3.1

8 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
125	7500	0.9	0.05	0.02
150	9000	1.1	0.05	0.02
175	10500	1.3	0.08	0.03
200	12000	1.4	0.09	0.04
250	15000	1.8	0.1	0.06
300	18000	2.1	0.2	0.09
350	21000	2.5	0.3	0.1
400	24000	2.9	0.3	0.2
450	27000	3.2	0.4	0.2
500	30000	3.6	0.5	0.2
750	45000	5.4	1.1	0.5
1000	60000	7.1	1.8	0.8
1250	75000	8.9	2.8	1.2
1500	90000	10.7	4	1.7

10 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
200	12000	0.9	0.04	0.02
250	15000	1.1	0.05	0.02
300	18000	1.4	0.07	0.03
350	21000	1.6	0.09	0.04
400	24000	1.8	0.1	0.05
450	27000	2	0.1	0.06
500	30000	2.3	0.2	0.07
750	45000	3.4	0.4	0.2
1000	60000	4.5	0.6	0.3
1250	75000	5.7	0.9	0.4
1500	90000	6.8	1.3	0.6
2000	120000	9.1	2.2	1
2500	150000	11.3	3.3	1.4

12 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
350	21000	1.1	0.04	0.02
400	24000	1.3	0.05	0.02
450	27000	1.4	0.06	0.03
500	30000	1.6	0.07	0.03
750	45000	2.4	0.2	0.07
1000	60000	3.2	0.3	0.1
1250	75000	4	0.4	0.2
1500	90000	4.8	0.6	0.2
2000	120000	6.4	0.9	0.4
2500	150000	8	1.4	0.6
3000	180000	9.6	2	0.9
3500	210000	11.2	2.7	1.2
4000	240000	12.8	3.4	1.5

14 inches
Volume Flow (gal/min)	Volume Flow (gal/hr)	Velocity (ft/sec)	Friction Head (ft/100ft)	Friction Loss (psi/100 ft)
500	30000	1.3	0.04	0.02
750	45000	2	0.09	0.04
1000	60000	2.6	0.2	0.07
1250	75000	3.3	0.3	0.1
1500	90000	3.9	0.3	0.2
2000	120000	5.2	0.6	0.3
2500	150000	6.5	0.9	0.4
3000	180000	7.9	1.2	0.5
3500	210000	9.2	1.7	0.7
4000	240000	10.5	2.1	0.9
4500	270000	11.8	2.6	1.1
5000	300000	13.1	3.2	1.4
5500	330000	14.4	3.8	1.7
6000	360000	15.7	4.5	2
6500	490000	17	5.2	2.3
7000	420000	18.3	6	2.6

Thats its for schedule 80 pvc pipe flow rates

All the values mentioned in the above tables are sourced from credible sources. However, the actual values may be in several PVC pipes. So always consult the sizes and values with your manufacturer before making any decisions.

Several factors affect the flow rate of a PVC pipe, which include the diameter of the pipe, the fluid pressure, the viscosity of the fluid, and the length and layout of the pipe.

The pipe’s diameter is critical in determining the flow rate among these factors.

Generally, a larger diameter pipe can transport a larger volume of fluid faster than a smaller diameter pipe.

For instance, a 2-inch diameter pipe can move approximately four times more fluid than a 1-inch pipe. However, bigger lines are typically costlier and demand more installation space.

Another crucial factor affecting the flow rate of a PVC pipe is fluid pressure.

In general, higher pressure results in a faster flow rate. The pressure difference between the pipe’s two ends propels the fluid to move.

Additionally, the fluid’s viscosity is another factor that can impact the flow rate. Viscous fluids like honey or molasses have a slower flow rate than water or oil, even if the diameter and pressure are similar.

FAQs

Below are the frequently asked questions on the PVC flow chart. Let’s dig deep to know more.

How many gallons of water can flow through a 1-inch pipe?

A 1 inch PVC pipe can transport 37 gallons of water.

Does pipe size affect flow rate?

In a liquid passing through a pipe, a reduction in flowing speed is often witnessed because of the pipe’s diameter reduction.

What is the normal water flow rate?

Household flow rate ranges from 6 to 12 gallons per minute. The average household water consumption is about 100 – 120 gallons per day.

What maximum flow rate is allowed in the kitchen and households in the USA?

According to federal regulations, all state kitchens and bathrooms should have a maximum flow rate of 2.2 gallons per minute (GPM) at 60 psi (pounds per square inch) of pressure. The GPM may vary slightly in some states.

Can Schedule 40 PVC be used for water supply?

Schedule 40 PVC pipes are most commonly used for water distribution in households. However, it is more suitable for cold water as hot water can crack the pipe.

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Final Thoughts

PVC pipe flow chart rates are important when designing a pipe system to transport fluids. The diameter of the pipe, the pressure of the fluid, the viscosity of the fluid, and the length and configuration of the pipe are all factors that can affect the flow rate.

That is all I wanted to say about the flow rates of PVC pipes.

To all the consumers reading, I would say that consulting a professional plumber is the best option before making any final decision related to your plumbing needs because he, more than anyone else, knows better about the pipes in your house.

Thanks for reading.

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