Plumbing hydrant flow test arithmetic calculator

Calculate extrapolated flow at target pressure and measured pressure drop with your own figures.

Your numbers

Use the units shown. Results update as you change valid inputs.

Use extrapolated flow at target pressure and measured pressure drop to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Measured flow (litres/s)
40
Static pressure (kPa)
500
Measured residual pressure (kPa)
350
Target residual pressure (kPa)
200
User-specified pressure-flow exponent
0.54
Extrapolated flow at target pressure (litres/s)
58.158901
Measured pressure drop (kPa)
150

Try another scenario

Measured flow (litres/s)
41
Static pressure (kPa)
500
Measured residual pressure (kPa)
350
Target residual pressure (kPa)
200
User-specified pressure-flow exponent
0.54
Extrapolated flow at target pressure (litres/s)
59.612873
Measured pressure drop (kPa)
150
Calculation method

Calculation method

Extrapolated flow at target pressure (litres/s)

Qtarget=Qtest×[(Pstatic−Ptarget)/(Pstatic−Presidual)]^entered exponent; empirical extrapolation only.

Measured pressure drop (kPa)

Qtarget=Qtest×[(Pstatic−Ptarget)/(Pstatic−Presidual)]^entered exponent; empirical extrapolation only.

Symbols and units
a
Measured flow (litres/s)
b
Static pressure (kPa)
c
Measured residual pressure (kPa)
d
Target residual pressure (kPa)
e
User-specified pressure-flow exponent

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • User-supplied measurements and assumptions; Qtarget=Qtest×[(Pstatic−Ptarget)/(Pstatic−Presidual)]^entered exponent; empirical extrapolation only. Supported limits: Finite numeric values bounded to 1e9 magnitude; lists and tables contain 1–100 records unless a stricter bound is stated. Inputs use the units shown. Lists explicitly paired by a method must have matching lengths; independent polynomial coefficient vectors may differ. Respect stated physical, interpolation, policy and computational domain limits.
Are these inputs private?

These calculations run in your browser. A shared link contains the values you choose to share. Only questions submitted to the separate AI finder are sent to OpenAI.

Share this page
Share this calculator

Leave unchecked to share the page without your entered values.