Heat Loss From An Insulated Pipe

CheGuide.com Date 9-July-16

Chemical Engineer's Guide By CheGuide

Pipe Inside Diameter (D1) 77.9 mm Fluid

Outside Diameter (D2) 88.9 mm Air
Operating Temperature 180.0 °C Insulation D1 D2 D3
Ambient Temperature 28.0 °C
Wind Speed 3.50 m/s Pipe

Insulation Insulated Pipe

Type Calcium Silicate Surface Temperature 33.4 °C
Surface Emmisivity 0.9 Heat Loss 73.1 W/m
Thickness 50 mm Bare Pipe
Outside Diameter D3 188.9 mm Surface Temperature 179.5 °C
Heat Loss 1374.0 W/m
Calculation for Insulated Pipe
Iterations 1 2 3 4 5
Surface Temperature t_surface °C 29 33.43 33.43 33.43 33.43
Interface Temperature t_interface °C 179.0 179.97 179.97 179.97 179.97
Air Properties
Average Film Temperature t_average °C 28.5 30.72 30.71 30.71 30.71
°K 301.65 303.87 303.86 303.86 303.86
Thermal Conductivity k W/m.K 0.0264 0.0266 0.0266 0.0266 0.0266
Viscosity µ N/s.m² 1.86E-05 1.87E-05 1.87E-05 1.87E-05 1.87E-05
Prandtl Number Pr 0.707 0.706 0.706 0.706 0.706
Expansion Coefficient β 1/K 0.003315 0.003291 0.003291 0.003291 0.003291
Air Density ρ Kg/m³ 1.1716 1.1630 1.1631 1.1631 1.1631
Kinematic Viscosity ν m2/s 1.61E-05 1.63E-05 1.63E-05 1.63E-05 1.63E-05
Specific Heat Cp kJ/Kg.K 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01
alpha α m²/s 2.27E-05 2.30E-05 2.30E-05 2.30E-05 2.30E-05
Reynold's Number Re 41161 40629 40629 40629 40629
Rayleigh Number Ra 600738 3153306 3151113 3151117 3151117

Air Film Resistance

Radiation h_radiation W/m².K 5.60 5.73 5.73 5.73 5.73
Convection
Forced Convection Nu_forced 121.7 120.7 120.7 120.7 120.7
h_forced W/m².K 16.99 16.97 16.97 16.97 16.97
Free Convection Nu_free 12.60 20.15 20.15 20.15 20.15
h_free W/m².K 1.76 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83
Combined Convection Nu_Combined 121.7 120.7 120.7 120.7 120.7
h_convection W/m².K 16.99 16.97 16.97 16.97 16.97
Overall air side HTC h_air W/m².K 22.60 22.70 22.70 22.70 22.70
Pipe Resistance
Pipe Thermal conductivity k_pipe W/m.K 56.05 56.05 56.05 56.05 56.05
Pipe wall resistance r_pipe m².K/W 0.00022 0.00022 0.00022 0.00022 0.00022
Insulation Resistance
Average Insulation temperature °K 377.15 379.8526 379.8506 379.8506 379.8506
Insulation Thermal conductivity k_insulation W/m.K 0.05964 0.05985 0.05985 0.05985 0.05985
Insulation resistance r_insulation m².K/W 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.19 1.19
Overall Resistance r_overall m².K/W 1.238 1.234 1.234 1.234 1.234
Heat Flow Q W/m² 122.76 123.21 123.21 123.21 123.21
Interface Temperature T_interface °C 180.0 180.0 180.0 180.0 180.0
Surface Temeperature T_surface °C 33.43 33.43 33.43 33.43 33.43
Heat Loss per Unit Length W/m 72.85 73.12 73.12 73.12 73.12
Heat Loss From An Insulated Pipe
CheGuide.com Date 9-July-16
Chemical Engineer's Guide By CheGuide

Fluid
Calculation for Bare Pipe
Iterations 1 2 3 4 5
Surface Temperature t_surface °C 29.0 179.6 179.5 179.5 179.5
Bare Pipe Emissivity 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Air Properties
Average Film Temperature t_average °C 28.5 103.78 103.74 103.74 103.74
°K 301.65 376.93 376.89 376.89 376.89
Thermal Conductivity k W/m.K 0.0264 0.0321 0.0321 0.0321 0.0321
Viscosity µ N/s.m² 1.86E-05 2.20E-05 2.20E-05 2.20E-05 2.20E-05
Prandtl Number Pr 0.707 0.693 0.693 0.693 0.693
Expansion Coefficient β 1/K 0.003315 0.002653 0.002653 0.002653 0.002653
Air Density ρ Kg/m3 1.1716 0.9376 0.9377 0.9377 0.9377
Kinematic Viscosity ν m²/s 1.61E-05 2.38E-05 2.38E-05 2.38E-05 2.38E-05
Specific Heat Cp kJ/Kg.K 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01
alpha α m²/s 2.27E-05 3.45E-05 3.45E-05 3.45E-05 3.45E-05
Reynold's Number Re 19371 13084 13086 13086 13086
Rayleigh Number Ra 62617 3378022 3377897 3377897 3377897

Air Film Resistance

Radiation h_radiation W/m².K 4.98 10.11 10.11 10.11 10.11
Convection
Forced Convection Nu_forced 77.7 61.7 61.7 61.7 61.7
h_forced W/m².K 23.07 22.30 22.30 22.30 22.30
Free Convection Nu_free 6.88 20.50 20.50 20.50 20.50
h_free W/m².K 2.04 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41
Combined Convection Nu_Combined 77.7 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9
h_convection W/m².K 23.07 22.37 22.37 22.37 22.37
Overall air side HTC h_air W/m².K 28.05 32.48 32.48 32.48 32.48
Pipe Resistance
Pipe Thermal conductivity k_pipe W/m.K 56.05 56.05 56.05 56.05 56.05
Pipe wall resistance r_pipe m².K/W 0.00010 0.00010 0.00010 0.00010 0.00010
Overall Resistance r_overall m².K/W 0.036 0.031 0.031 0.031 0.031
Heat Flow Q W/m² 4251.21 4920.09 4919.66 4919.66 4919.66
Interface Temperature T_interface °C 179.6 179.5 179.5 179.5 179.5
Heat Loss per Unit Length W/m 1187.31 1374.12 1374.00 1374.00 1374.00