Velocity of Gas through Schedule 40 Pipe

Use the table to quickly determine the velocity of a gas in Schedule 40 Steel Pipe.





























































































































































































































































































Nominal Dia (in) Area SF (in) 1000 FPM (in) 2000 FPM 3000 FPM (in) 4000 FPM (in) 4500 FPM (in) 5000 FPM 5500 FPM (in) 6000 FPM (in)
1/8 0.0004 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4
1/4 0.0007 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.9 3.3 3.6 4 3.3
3/8 0.0013 1.3 2.7 4 5.3 6 6.6 7.3
1/2 0.0021 2.1 4.2 6.3 8.4 9.5 10.6 11.6 12.7
3/4 0.0037 3.7 7.4 11.1 14.8 16.7 18.5 20.4 22.2
1 0.006 6.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 27.0 30.0 33.0 36.0
1 1/4 0.0104 10.4 20.8 31.2 41.6 46.7 51.9 57.1 62.3
1 1/2 0.0141 14.1 28.3 42.4 56.6 63.6 70.7 77.8 84.8
2 0.0235 23.5 47.0 70.5 94 106 118 129 141
2 1/2 0.0332 33.3 66.5 99.8 133 150 166 183 200
3 0.0513 51.3 103 154 205 231 257 282 308
3 1/2 0.0687 68.7 137 206 275 309 343 378 412
4 0.0884 88 177 265 354 398 442 486 530
5 0.1389 139 278 417 556 625 695 764 834
6 0.2006 201 401 602 803 903 1003 1103 1204
8 0.3474 347 695 1042 1390 1563 1737 1911 2085
10 0.5476 548 1095 1643 2190 2464 2738 3012 3286
12 0.7773 777 1555 2332 3109 3498 3887 4275 4664
14 0.9397 940 1879 2819 3759 4229 4699 5169 5638
16 1.2272 1227 2454 3682 4909 5523 6136 6750 7363
18 1.5534 1553 3107 4660 6214 6990 7767 8544 9320
20 1.9307 1931 3861 5792 7723 8688 9653 10619 11584
24 2.7923 2792 5585 8377 11169 12565 13961 15358 16754
FPS 16.67 33.33 50.00 66.67 75.00 83.33 91.67 100.00