I had a go at calculating the velocity of water that would give a Reynold's number of 2000 just to get some idea of what it would be. Pipe diameter 50mm, and fresh water at 20 degrees C to start with.
density p = 1000 kg/m3
viscosity u = 0.001 PaS
diameter D = 0.05 m
v = (R * u)/(D * p)
=...
Thanks for the info.
From the replies it seems that erosion corrosion will only be an issue if the sea water is very high pressure and velocity. Also the fact that stainless doesn't rely on the protective oxides of carbon steel reduces the problem further.
What I don't understand is BigInch's...
Hello all,
I have some sea water cooled heat exchangers being installed and afew of the bends in the stainless steel piping are extremely tight. I have brought this up with the engineers but I am making no headway with them. I have done a fair bit of searching on the internet but mostly get...
