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Updating the Rules For Pipe Sizing

| By Alejandro Anaya Durand, Maria Jose de Villafranca Casas, Adriana Shunashi García Cornejo, Daniela Jara Carranza, Francisco Javier Pachec

Pipe sizing calculations include certain values that are time dependent, such as costs. While some costs rise, others decrease over time. It is the designers task to ensure that the total cost is minimized. For fluid flow calculations, heuristic criteria…