Tank Heat Loss Calculation

Input Data:
Tank Diameter (D) : 20 ft

Tank Ht. (H) : 48 ft

Max. Liquid level (L) : 24 ft

Shell Thk. (tS) : 0.015625 ft

Roof Thk. (tM) : 0.015625 ft

Roof Ht. (Rh) : 5.53 ft

Tank MOC : 0

Insulation Material : 0

Insulation Thickness (tI) : 0.125 ft

Bottom Plate diameter (Bd) : 20 ft

Thermal Conductivity:
Thermal Conductivity of Tank
Material (KM) : 10 Btu/ft.h.F

Thermal Conductivity of Ins.

Material (Kl) : 0.028 Btu/ft.h.F

Thermal Conductivity of
Ground (KG) : 0.8 Btu/ft.h.F

Temperatures:
Ambient Temp. (TA) : 35 o
F

Fluid Ope.Temp. (TL) : 55 o

F

Vapour Temp. (TV) 50 o

F

Ground Temp. (TG) : 40 o

F

Fluid Properties: Liquid Air Vapour

Density of Fluid (ρ) : 46.8 0.08 0.08
lb/ft3
Specific Heat (cPv) : 0.6 0.25 0.25
Btu/lb.F
Viscosity (µ) : 96.76353242 0.0423340 0.01693362
lb/ft.hr
Acceleration due to gravity (g) : 417000000 ft/h2
Thermal Conductivity (k) : 0.12 0.0151 0.015 Btu/lb.F
Volumetric Coefficient for : 1E-06 0.002 0.002 o
F
thermal expansion (β)
Surface Emissivity (ε)
: 0.9
(Wall & Roof)

Fouling Coefficients (Assumed)

hFd 1000 Btu/ft2.h-oF

hFw 800 Btu/ft2.h-oF
hFr 1000 Btu/ft2.h-oF
hFb 500 Btu/ft2.h-oF

Vapour at Liquid at wall Vapour at Liquid at tank

Wall Temp. (Tw) oF wall NOTE:1 NOTE:2 roof NOTE:3 bottom NOTE:4

42.5 45 42.5 47.5

o
ΔT F 7.5 10 7.5 7.5
NGr 1.92993E+12 13484599.676 1.1169E+12 5852690.83146
NPr 0.28222697 483.8176621 0.28222697 483.8176621
Nnu 918.4521048 140.68090162 202.307894 184.204546524

Individual Film Coefficients - (Btu/ft2.h-oF)

hvw hLw hvr hLb
Dry wall 0.574032566 - - -
Wet wall - 1.5568901027 - -
Roof - - 0.15173092 -
Bottom - - - 1.10522727914
hM : 640 2 o
Btu/ft .h- F
hI : 0.224 Btu/ft2.h-oF
hG : 0.101859164 Btu/ft2.h-oF
TWs : 38.75 o
F (for insulated dry side wall)
TWs : 40 o
F (for insulated wet side wall)
TWs : 42.5 o
F (for uninsulated Roof)

Heat Transfer Coefficient for Radiation:

ℎ𝑅=0.1713𝜀/((𝑇𝑊𝑠−𝑇𝐴) ) "x" [((𝑇𝑊𝑆+460)/100)^4−((𝑇𝐴+460)/100)^4 ]

hRd : 0.756497481 Btu/ft2.h-oF

hRw : 0.759364142 Btu/ft2.h-oF
hRr : 0.765126318 Btu/ft2.h-oF
Wf 1 From Graph
Over all Heat Transfer Coefficient:
Ud : 0.142793465 Btu/ft2.h-oF
Uw : 0.18106959 Btu/ft2.h-oF
Ub : 0.093232871 Btu/ft2.h-oF
Ur : 0.137029006 Btu/ft2.h-oF

Surface area (A):

Ad : 1507.964474 ft2
Aw : 1507.964474 ft2
Ab : 314.1592654 ft2
AR : 358.9960759 ft2

Rate of Heat Transferd (Q):

qd : 3229.91208 Btu/hr
qw : 5460.93018 Btu/hr
qb : 439.349553 Btu/hr
qr : 737.893133 Btu/hr

Over all Rate of Heat : 9868.085 Btu/hr

Transfet (Q)
2.89205 KW
 Outside air at Outside air at
roof NOTE:5 wall NOTE:6

42.5 -
7.5 4.375
1.116857E+12 9.006339E+12
0.28222697 0.28222697
872.29784955 1599.1859109

nts - (Btu/ft2.h-oF)
h'Ar h'Aw
-
0.4997455972
-
0.6542233872 -
- -
Note:1 - TW = avg.of Vapour temp. and Amb. temp.
NNu = 0.138 x NGr0.36 (NPr0.175-0.55)
NNu = 0.138 x NGr0.36 (NPr0.175-0.55)
Note:2 - Tw = Avg. of Liquid Temp. and Amb. Temp.
NNu = 0.495 x (NGr.NPr)0.25
Max
NNu = 0.45 x (NGr.NPr)0.25
Note:3 - TW = Avg. of Vapour Temp. and Amb.Temp.

NNu = 0.27 x (NGr.NPr)0.25

Note:4 - TW = Avg.of Liquid temp. and Amb.Temp plus 5oF
NNu = 0.14 x (NGr.NPr)0.33
Note:5 - TWs = TW if the roof is uninsulated
NNu = 0.14 x (NGr.NPr)0.33
Note:6 - The temp.drop (ΔT) across the flim is one fourth of then drop from the inside fluid to the outside air (avg.for

𝑁𝑃𝑟=Cp.μ/k
𝑁𝐺𝑟=𝐿^3 𝜌^2 𝑔𝛽∆𝑇/𝜇^2

1/𝑈𝑑=1/ℎ𝑉𝑤+𝑡𝑀/𝑘𝑀+𝑡𝐼/𝑘𝐼+1/((𝑊𝑓 ℎ′𝐴

1/𝑈𝑤=1/ℎ𝐿𝑤+𝑡𝑀/𝑘𝑀+𝑡𝐼/𝑘𝐼+1/((𝑊𝑓 ℎ′𝐴

1/𝑈𝑏=1/ℎ𝐿𝑏+𝑡𝑀/𝑘𝑀+1/ℎ𝐺+1/ℎ𝐹𝑏

1/𝑈𝑟=1/ℎ𝑉𝑟+𝑡𝑀/𝑘𝑀+1/((𝑊𝑓 ℎ^′ 𝐴𝑟+ℎ𝑅𝑟))

𝐴𝑑=𝜋𝐷(𝐿−𝐿𝑤)
𝐴𝑤=𝜋𝐷𝐿𝑤
 𝐴𝑤=𝜋𝐷𝐿𝑤
𝐴𝑏=(𝜋𝐷^2)/4

𝐴𝑑=(𝜋𝐷⁄2) (𝐷^2/4+𝑑^2 )^(1/2

𝑞𝑑=𝑈𝑑𝐴𝑑(𝑇𝑉−𝑇𝐴)
𝑞𝑤=𝑈𝑤𝐴𝑤(𝑇𝐿−𝑇𝐴)
𝑞𝑏=𝑈𝑏𝐴𝑏(𝑇𝐿−𝑇𝐺)
𝑞𝑟=𝑈𝑟𝐴𝑟(𝑇𝑉−𝑇𝐴)
 TC Tank
Temp (F) (Btu/ft.hr.F) MOC

70 34.9

100 34.7

150 34.2

200 33.7

250 33

300 32.3

350 31.6

400 30.9

450 30.1

500 29.4

550 28.7

600 28

650 27.3

700 26.6

750 26
uid to the outside air (avg.for then wet and dry walls)

𝜌^2 𝑔𝛽∆𝑇/𝜇^2

𝑀/ 𝑀𝑘 +𝑡𝐼/𝑘𝐼+1/((𝑊𝑓 ℎ′𝐴𝑤+ℎ𝑅𝑑))+1/ℎ𝐹𝑑

𝑀/ 𝑀𝑘 +𝑡𝐼/𝑘𝐼+1/((𝑊𝑓 ℎ′𝐴𝑤+ℎ𝑅𝑤))+1/ℎ𝐹𝑤

𝑀 +1/ℎ𝐺+1/ℎ𝐹𝑏

+1/((𝑊𝑓 ℎ^′ 𝐴𝑟+ℎ𝑅𝑟))+1/ℎ𝐹𝑑

𝑀

𝐷(𝐿−𝐿𝑤)
2) (𝐷^2/4+𝑑^2 )^(1/2)

𝑑𝐴𝑑(𝑇𝑉−𝑇𝐴)
𝑤𝐴𝑤(𝑇𝐿−𝑇𝐴)
𝑏𝐴𝑏(𝑇𝐿−𝑇𝐺)
𝑟𝐴𝑟(𝑇𝑉−𝑇𝐴)