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What is the formula for drainage calculation?
Drain Flow Rate Formula
To calculate a drain flow rate, multiply the coefficient of runoff, rainfall intensity, and area of drainage together, then divide by 96.23.
How to size sewer lines?
Four Steps to Sizing Sanitary Sewers & Vents
1
Add up the total number of drainage fixture units (dfu) for each sanitary branch.
2
Determine the sanitary branch sizes using the dfu values.
3
Calculate the size of the main building drain using the total of all dfu values.
4
Size the vents using an IPC table and the dfu values.
How to calculate DFU?
1 DFU = 1 cubic foot of water drained through a 1 1/4" diameter pipe in one minute. (1 ft³ /min water drained through a 1 1/4" diameter pipe). 1 DFU ≈ (approximately) 7.48 US GPM or ≈ 0.47 liters/second.
How many DFU is a shower?
TYPE OF FIXTURE OR GROUP OF FIXTURES | DRAINAGE FIXTURE UNIT VALUE (d.f.u.)a |
Kitchen sink | 2 |
Lavatory | 1 |
Laundry tub | 2 |
Shower stall | 2 |