Ductulator plus, HVAC duct sizing software
Ductulator Plus+ v1.18 - HVAC duct sizing
the ultimate "mobile" duct sizer for Windows desktop/laptop PC
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For Android OS, see aDuctulator.
Note: Ductulator Plus (Windows) and aDuctulator (Android) are not the same.
Ductulator Plus: HVAC Duct Sizer on-the-go
Ductulator Plus, a duct sizing calculation program for Windows PC, is specially designed by a professional engineer to replace the conventional hand-held ductulator. It helps you do duct sizing in a quick and flexible way according to equal friction, velocity, and duct dimensions methods.
Aim: creating a mobile design environment (ShowMe!) for the practising HVAC engineers & designers in today's mobile world.
Results: Instant solutions at your fingertips.
Highlights:
Duct sizing for Rectangular, Round or Oval shape with 3+1 common sizing methods (i.e., equal friction, velocity, by duct dimensions + find Airflow). Detailed results such as velocity pressure, hydraulic diameter, Reynolds number, friction factor, relative roughness and flow area are included.
Rectangular and Oval duct sizes are obtained by direct iteration algorithm method, i.e., not converted from round duct size.
full control and exact on input parameters, i.e., no sliding bar type of input method which can be difficult to control to exact numbers.
different duct materials selection (Galv. steel, Spiral, Aluminium, Carbon steel, PVC, Duct board, Duct liner, Flexible duct and Concrete).
find duct fictional loss rate by Duct Dimension method (useful design tool for existing duct).
SI & IP units setting.
Save results function.
Pictures explain everything - see Ductulator+ explained.
. . . & lots more than just a conventional ductulator
Duct converter module to convert duct sizes between round, rectangular and oval duct.
rhoAIR module to find air density and other pyschrometric air properties at state point. see rhoAIR page ...
Louvre sizer module to size louvre opening required for structural opening.
Fan Motor kW module to calculate electrical power consumption.
Convert KW-Amp module to convert electrical KW - Amp, and calculate KVA.
Duct gauge/weight module to find duct weight, perimeter and surface area for rectangular, round and oval duct with built-in duct gauge selections (Standard (uncoated) Steel, Galvanized steel, Stainless steel and Aluminium duct).
Threaded rod sizer module to size and select threaded hanger rod with built-in metric-english series of rod sizes, tensile stress calculator and maximum load calculator. see tRod Sizer page ...
Velocity guide Module to provide recommended duct velocity for main and branch duct.
Note: Ductulator Plus+ does not calculate fitting / dynamic loss.
Built-in Features:
Unlike the conventional hand-held ductulator which is built for round duct sizing with equivalent rectangular duct sizes, velocity & friction loss rate for round duct, pre-calculated for the duct roughness of 0.09mm and limited duct sizes, Ductulator+ offers you the flexibility in duct sizing for various duct shapes and different materials such as concrete duct, flexible duct, etc.
Ductulator+ is designed to offer you the greatest flexibility in duct sizing:
options for Equal Friction method, Velocity method, by Duct Dimensions or find Airflow.
options for round or rectangular or oval duct shape.
use Colebrook equation in solving friction factor.
use hydraulic diameter (not equivalent diameter of round duct) for rectangular and oval duct sizing.
duct converter for round, rectangular & oval duct.
Ductulator+ gives you detail results like Flow area, Hydraulic diameter, Reynolds number, Friction factor and Velocity pressure, if you need it and save the results.
Duct Sizing Methods
Ductulator Plus offers 4 commonly used methods of duct sizing:
1) The traditional Equal Friction Method of duct sizing is often preferred as it is easy to use and less time-consuming. This method uses a constant pressure loss per unit of duct length. Generally, 0.8 Pa/m (0.1 in.wc/100 ft) of constant pressure loss per meter run has been widely practised in duct sizing.
Because there are practically unlimited number of duct sizes for a given design air flow, the duct sizing problem is solved by iteration technique.
2) Velocity method is often used when acoustic requirements or minimum air transport/duct velocity is given.
3) by Duct Dimensions method is generally used to find duct friction loss rate for an existing "as-built" duct.
4) find Airflow method comes handy when you need to know how much airflow for a given existing or new duct sizes.
Units in Ductulator+
Both SI & IP units are available in Ductulator Plus.
Did you know? . . . (1) Equivalent cross-sectional Area!
If you want the same duct friction loss rate, it is inappropriate to convert duct size based on equal cross-sectional area, be it from round to rectangular or square to rectangular. This is because rectangular duct is less efficient than round duct; rectangular duct is less efficient than square duct. See example below, the flow areas (ie, cross-sectional areas) are different for the same duct frictional loss rate.
Did you know? . . . (2) Hydraulic diameter vs Equivalent diameter!
For ducts with shapes that are not round, hydraulic diameter is not equal to equivalent diameter. For circular duct, hydraulic diameter is the same as the diameter of the round duct.
For any duct shapes, hydraulic diameter = 4 x cross-sectional area / perimeter. aDuctulator uses this approach to find duct sizes.
For rectangular duct, equivalent diameter = 1.30 x {(Width x Height)0.625 / (Width + Height)0.25}.
For oval duct, equivalent diameter = 1.55 x (cross-sectional area)0.625 / (perimeter)0.25.
Example 1: Duct Sizing at job site (in SI units)
An existing duct 600mm (W) x 500mm (H) carrying airflow of 8000 CMH needs to be flattened to 300mm (H) to achieve the desired ceiling height.
Find the new duct size.
Solutions:
Step 1: Find duct friction loss rate for the existing duct.
Step 2: Calculate new duct size with the given height constraint.
The following results are computed by the Ductulator Plus:
Ductulator+
Duct material selection
Tools menu
Louvre Sizer module
Duct Converter module
Duct Gauge & Weight module
Fan Motor kW module
Convert KW-Amp module
Note: For air balancing by Proportional Method, see AirTAB superEZ.
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experience yourself the power of Ductulator Plus
Price: USD 9.90
OS requirements: Windows
For Android OS, see aDuctulator