LSmith Software - PPipe Calculator

PPipe Caclulator - Domestic cold, hot water pipe sizing software

PPipe Calculator – Plumbing Domestic Cold and Hot
Water Pipe Sizing Software Ver 1.0.1

Purpose

The purpose of creating this type of program is to reduce the overall time spent designing plumbing domestic water piping systems. The result is a reduction in time required to look up piping information from piping charts and books, and a Hunter curve. The software is reasonably accessible from the desktop and laptop computer at the designer's and engineer's fingertips. Therefore, the expenditure for the software has a payback of less than one hour of an engineer’s billing time.

Setting the Highest Standard

PPipe Calculator sets the highest standard in the world of plumbing domestic cold and hot water pipe sizing calculator programs. By giving you the ability to perform residential, commercial and industrial domestic cold and hot water pipe sizing, it gives you something no other program of its kind can give you.

Download the demonstration version today and see why PPipe Calculator is unparalleled in its field.

Features

English and SI Metric Units to choose from.
Sizes Pipe and evaluates Pre-Sized Pipes.
Determining pipe friction using the Hazen and Williams formula.
Fluid Flows, Velocity, Pipe Inside and Nominal Diameter, Friction head loss of the pipe with the velocity using the Hazen and Williams formula can be printed out for further use.
Friction head loss of the pipe, Velocity, Inside and Normal Diameter can be viewed directly on the window display.
Built-in Hunter curves for flush valves and flush tanks.
Ten Hazen and Williams “C” values to choose from.
Five Types of Piping Materials to choose from.
Two look up references for pipe velocity and recommended Hazen and Williams “C” Values.
Input Error Checking

Overview

PPipe Calculator is a program that computes optimal pipe sizes for Plumbing domestic cold and hot water systems in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. PPipe Calculator sizes pipes or evaluates pre-sized pipes.

Methodology

The equation used in PPipe Calculator is the Hazen and Williams equation. The program determines optimal pipe sizes or evaluates pre-sized pipes from ½-inch (12.7 mm) to 12-inch (304.8 mm) pipes.

All the information you enter into PPipe Calculator is checked for correctness, and the calculated results are returned so PPipe Calculator can create formatted, useful output.

The program output will have the exact same results that you would obtain manually. Therefore, the output can be quickly and easily verified by hand so that you can have the utmost confidence and assurance in the program output.

Program Input

PPipe Calculator is a true Windows program complete with toolbars and hyperlinked help and PDF manual. All data is checked during the calculation period.

The type of information required for computations are: Type of piping material, maximum velocity constraints in fps (m/s), desired maximum head loss for the pipe in psi/100 ft (kPa/100 m), and the desired fixture units loading and Hazen and Williams "C" value. The flow through the pipe will be automatically calculated from the built in Hunter curves in gpm (L/s).

Program Output

PPipe Calculator provides a detailed report of the piping computations for review or printing. The information contained in the report is the fluid flow rate in gpm (L/s), Velocity in fps ( m/s), Inside Pipe Diameter in inches (mm), Nominal Pipe Diameter in inches (mm), and Friction head of the pipe in psi/100 ft (kPa/100 m).

Calculated results are shown on the window for the designer’s or engineer’s use.

One Version Available

PPipe Calculator can be purchased in one form. The program cost is $95.00.

Screen Snap Shots

Menu Bar

Size Pipe Window

Pre-Size Pipe Window