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tingc95

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What is the minimum recommended velocity for a 2 5/8 inch suction riser in a low temperature system using R-22?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What pressure drop should the engineer use on the nomograph if the equivalent length for the suction line in the above system is 75 feet?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



josephsuarez

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Answer to Question 1

2010 feet per minute from Figure 26-5

Answer to Question 2

100/75 x 1psi = 1.33 psi



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