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— Process Line Sizing by Velocity

Required inside diameter to carry a given flow at a target velocity, with the resulting velocity at that diameter and a comparison against the API RP 14E erosional velocity v_e = C/√ρ.

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Sources:
[1] Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of Offshore Production Platform Piping Systems, API RP 14E, 5th ed., 1991 (R2013).
[2] D. W. Green and M. Z. Southard, Eds., Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 9th ed. New York, NY, USA: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.
[3] E. E. Ludwig, Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, 4th ed. Burlington, MA, USA: Gulf Professional Publishing, 2007.

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