- Avoid pipe velocities in excess of 10 ft/s.
- Provide valves to isolate each pump (items 1 and 2 may do the job) and the chiller.
- All pipes are to be schedule 40.
The following are needed:
- Sketch of the actual piping system layout.
- Schematic of the Hardy-Cross arrangement with all pipes and loops identified.
- Diameters and lengths of all piping required. (To reduce complexity, a minimum of three pipe sizes can be specified. Supply and return lines can be a single diameter, piping on the fourth floor can be a single diameter, and piping on the remaining four floors can be a single diameter.)
- Description (type) and location of each valve.
- List of materials (diameters, lengths, valves, … ) required.
- Increase in head and flow rate of all pumps required to balance the system for the specifications.