Siphon flow rate or formula.

golf nut · #1 10-31-2009, 04:01 PM

Cannot seem to find them anywhere , looking for a formula to do siphon drain calculations.

Skimmerking · #2 10-31-2009, 04:14 PM

its going to depend on your diameter of the hose that you are using

Skimmerking · #3 10-31-2009, 04:15 PM

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...9/eng99381.htm

HTH ya out

golf nut · #4 10-31-2009, 04:24 PM

I reread that link earlier and couldn't see a specific answer, friction on pipe was an unknown, me thinks I will have to do my own test with a 5 gallon bucket and a stopwatch.

untamed · #5 10-31-2009, 11:50 PM

It isn't as simple as the diameter of the pipe...you have to factor in the head pressure that is pushing the water through. I think you will need to do some experiments.

golf nut · #6 11-01-2009, 12:38 AM

Figured it might be tricky but didn't expect it to be as hard as finding the recipe for Coca Cola, I got a spreadsheet from Beananimal earlier this evening which gives me some numbers, I will do some tests to see how they compare in the real world.

Thanx for the help.