Hydroentanglement

Spunlace Water Pressure, Flow & Specific Energy Calculator

Specific energy is the process variable, not pressure. Same bar, half the belt speed, twice the entanglement.

Jet Bars Manifolds
bar
no.
mm
jets/m
×
Web & Pump Running
m/min
m
g/m²
%

Specific Energy

— kJ/kg

Hydraulic energy delivered per kilogram of web

Hydraulics

Jet Velocity
— m/s
Total Water Flow
— m³/h
Hydraulic Power
— kW
Pump Shaft Power
— kW
Water Circulated per kg Web
— L/kg

Water circulated is not water consumed — a spunlace line recirculates through filtration, and make-up water is a small fraction of this figure. Size the filtration plant on the circulated flow.

Spunlace Water Pressure, Flow & Specific Energy Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.