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Heat Loss From An Insulated Pipe: Chemical Engineer's Guide
Heat Loss From An Insulated Pipe: Chemical Engineer's Guide
Fluid
Pipe Inside Diameter (D1) 38.1 mm
Air
Outside Diameter (D2) 48.3 mm
Operating Temperature 210.0 °C Insulation D1 D2 D3
Ambient Temperature 25.0 °C
Wind Speed 5.00 m/s Pipe
Fluid
Calculation for Bare Pipe
Iterations 1 2 3 4 5
Surface Temperature t_surface °C 26.0 209.2 209.1 209.1 209.1
Bare Pipe Emissivity 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Air Properties
Average Film Temperature t_average °C 25.5 117.10 117.05 117.05 117.05
°K 298.65 390.25 390.20 390.20 390.20
Thermal Conductivity k W/m.K 0.0261 0.0331 0.0331 0.0331 0.0331
Viscosity µ N/s.m² 1.84E-05 2.26E-05 2.26E-05 2.26E-05 2.26E-05
Prandtl Number Pr 0.708 0.691 0.691 0.691 0.691
Expansion Coefficient β 1/K 0.003348 0.002562 0.002563 0.002563 0.002563
Air Density ρ Kg/m3 1.1834 0.9056 0.9057 0.9057 0.9057
Kinematic Viscosity ν m²/s 1.58E-05 2.53E-05 2.53E-05 2.53E-05 2.53E-05
Specific Heat Cp kJ/Kg.K 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01
alpha α m²/s 2.23E-05 3.68E-05 3.67E-05 3.67E-05 3.67E-05
Reynold's Number Re 15304 9558 9561 9561 9561
Rayleigh Number Ra 10525 561870 561894 561894 561894