Heat Loss From An Insulated Pipe

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Parameters
Pipe Outside Diameter 0.216 m Do
Fluid Temperature 495 °C Tf
Ambient Temperature 50 °C Ta
Insulation Thickness 0.1 m
Insulation Thermal Conductivity 0.038 W m-1 K-1 k
Surface Temperature Estimate 60 °C TsEst

Heat Transfer Calculations

Outside Diameter 0.416 m Ds
Temp Difference at Surface 10 °C ΔT
Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient 13.9072 W m-2 K-1 hs
Heat Loss 158.926 W m-1 q
Surface Temperature Check 58.744 °C Ts
Temperature Check -1.25599 °C

Temperature Check needs to be 0 for balanced heat transfer

Use Goal Seek to change any parameter so that
Temperature Check is 0
Sl.No Description
Ambient Temperature in ⁰C Ta
Actual/Desire Insulation Surface Temperature Required in ⁰C Ts
Bare Pipe Wall Temperature in ⁰C Th
Mean Temperature in ⁰C Tm
Thermal Conductivity of insulation at Mean Temp in W/m-C k
Length of pipe in mm L
Actual OD of Pipe in mm D
Temp. difference between Bare pipe & Ambient (Th-Ta) in ⁰C ΔT
Pipe Orientation
Calculate Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient in W/m2-C h
Average Velocity of Air in m/s V
IF ΔT is more than 150 ⁰C use below formula h
Surface Thermal Resistance Rs
Thickness of Insulation tk
Thermal Resistance of Insulation Ri
Radius of Pipe r1
Equivalent Thickness of Insulation for Pipe Etk
Selected Insulation THK
Calculate Heat Loss after insulation
Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient after insulation With Aluminum Cladding hi
Surface Area of insulated Pipe in m2 A
calculate Heat Loss H
 Value Unit
50 ⁰C 323.15
60 ⁰C 333.15
495 ⁰C 768.15
277.5 ⁰C
0.077 W/m-c Refer Catlalouge of insulation Material
50000 mm
216 mm 0.216 Surface ε
445 ⁰C Aluminum, Bright Rolled 0.05
Horizontal Aluminum, Oxidized 0.13
27.55 W/m2-c Steel 0.15
2.77 m/s Galvanised Sheet Metal, Dusty Pipe Surface 0.44
45.95 W/m2-⁰K Non Metalic Surfaces 0.95
0.022 m2-⁰C/W
75 mm Tm
0.979 m2-⁰C/W 50
108.00 mm 100
97 mm 150
100 mm 0.416 200
250
3.6 W/m2-C 300
65.35 m2 350
2352.4 Watts
 A B
0.25 0.27
0.31 0.33
0.32 0.34
0.53 0.55
0.85 0.87

W/m-c x 277.5
0.038 x1 250
0.045 y1 0.07
0.051 x2 300
0.06 y2 0.082
0.07 y 0.0766
0.082
0.091