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The Units Conversion Calculator

Select the units that you have, input the number, then select the units you want to convert to.

 

The Fluid Flow Calculator

This calculator is used to calculate pipe friction losses for straight piping handling water and water with varying percentages of ethylene glycol. The calculator uses an algorithm developed from the basic principles of fluid mechanics. The program is based on the Darcy-Weisbach equation, the Colebrook equation, and the Moody equation. The program is intended for use only on straight piping. The program does not include pressure losses due to elevation differences, or flow through fittings.

The Psychometric Calculator

This calculator is used to compute the thermodynamic properties of moist air. These properties are used by mechanical engineers to design Heating Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems and processes.

The program uses equations which are derived from the perfect gas relations and is suitable for most HVAC engineering applications - within the range of -40 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Specifically, the program is based on the procedure outlined in the 1997 ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook, Chapter 6 - Psychometrics, section: Numerical Calculation of Moist Air Properties. The program also uses data (absolute pressures vs temperature for water at saturation) from Table 3 (Thermodynamic Properties of Water at Saturation), also from chapter 6 of the 1997 ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook.

The Saturated Steam Tables

This calculator is used to compute the thermodynamic properties of saturated steam. This calculator uses steam properties from the 1967 ASME Steam Tables, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This calculator allows the user to input either temperature or pressure in either metric or I-P units. The calculator then outputs the pressure or temperature, the specific volume, the enthalpy, and the entropy. The values are obtained by a linear interpolation between available data points. This calculator provides reasonable accuracy. Before I release this calculator, I must have more precise data. In the meantime, please feel free to use it, but make sure you double check your answers with another source of data - just to be safe.

The Air Duct Calculator

The Air Duct Calculator is a PERL/CGI script which allows users to size ductwork and calculate duct pressure losses. The program is written in the PERL programming language and is intended for use on the World Wide Web via the Common Gateway Interface. The program is designed for use by Mechanical Engineers who design air distribution or exhaust systems for Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning systems.

The program allows users to input a desired flow rate in CFM, a limiting velocity in FPM, air pressure in PSI, air temperature in degrees F, the length of the duct, and the duct material. The program then calculates the duct cross sectional area, the circular duct diameter, rectangular duct equivalents (with aspect ratios of 1.0 through 4.0), air density, fluid viscosity, Reynold's number, relative roughness, the Moody friction factor, the Colebrook friction factor, the pressure loss in PSI, and the duct friction loss in inches of H20 per 100 FT of duct length.

The program uses the Moody equation, the Colebrook equation, the Darcy-Weisbach equation, the perfect gas laws, and the Huebscher equation

 

 

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Other Websites of Interest

Matt's Script Archive

The CGI Resource Index

Selena Sol's Public Domain CGI Script Archive and Resource Library

The Free Software Foundation

Programming PERL 2nd Edition, Sept 1996, O'Reilly Associates, by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Randal Shwartz

The PERL Institute

Engineering Central Links, Jobs, Software, Search Page

Engineering Software Database A Service of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library

Penton Publishing's Heating Piping and Air Conditioning Magazine

Linric Psychrometric Software www.linric.com Psychrometric programs, DLLs, and spreadsheets.

LMNO Engineering, Research, and Software, Ltd LMNO Java applets for hydraulic calculations and unit conversions

Utility Software Steam Tables and Psychrometric Software Excel Add-Ins, DLL support for VB, VBA, LabView, Macros

Cahners Publishing Plant Engineering Magazine

 
 

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