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Heat Transfer in Insulated Pipes Analysis

This document discusses heat transfer through a pipe insulated with glass wool. It provides assumptions about the heat transfer process and given properties of the materials. The pipe has an outer temperature of 100C, inner temperature of 25C, and the insulation has a thermal conductivity of 0.04 W/mK. It then shows the calculation of heat transfer rate and critical insulation thickness using the one-dimensional steady-state heat conduction equation. The heat transfer is plotted as a function of insulation thickness, showing an initial decrease then increase as thickness rises above the critical value of 1.1m.

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Heat Transfer in Insulated Pipes Analysis

This document discusses heat transfer through a pipe insulated with glass wool. It provides assumptions about the heat transfer process and given properties of the materials. The pipe has an outer temperature of 100C, inner temperature of 25C, and the insulation has a thermal conductivity of 0.04 W/mK. It then shows the calculation of heat transfer rate and critical insulation thickness using the one-dimensional steady-state heat conduction equation. The heat transfer is plotted as a function of insulation thickness, showing an initial decrease then increase as thickness rises above the critical value of 1.1m.

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Question:19.

A 1-nominal pipe is covered with glass wool insulation. The outside


wall temperature of the pipe is 100c and is exposed to air at 25c the
convection heat transfer co-efficient between the insulation and the air is
1w/m^2.k.graph the heat transferred as a function of insulation thickness
also determine the vslue of critical insulation thickness.

To
Conduction Through Pipe

Assumptions:
1. Heat transfer is steady since there is no indication of any change with time
2. Heat transfer is one-dimensional since there is thermal symmetry about the
centerline and no variation in the axial direction.
3. Thermal properties are constant.
4. The thermal contact resistance at the interface is negligible.
5. Heat transfer coefficient accounts for the radiation effects.
6. Length of Pipe=L=1m

Properties:
1. The thermal conductivity of Glass wool Insulation is given to be k
= 0.04W/mC.
2. Convection heat transfer co-efficient=h=1 W/m^2.k

Given Data:

T1= temperature outside pipe =100 oC,


T2 = temperature inside pipe =25 oC,
Solution:
Outer Radius=ro=1=1*.0254=.0254 m
(1 inch=2.54cm)
Under steady state condition the rate of Heat Transfer
Q1 = Q2
r 2 =h2 r 2 l t
r1

log
2 kl t /

After solving it we get


e

( 0.0254 )k
2
=r 2
h
2

r 2 =e

.0254

.04 /1

R2=1.1m

Heat transfer rate

By Solving it we get
Q=

10025

ln

1.1
( .0254
) +{

( 23.141 )

1
}
123.141.11

=98.78w

Critical thickness of Insulation

Critical thickness=r2-r1
=1.1-.0254=1.0746m
=10.746cm
Graph heat transferred as a function of insulation thickness:

Analysis of graph:
Increasing r increases insulation resistance and decreases heat
transfer.
Increasing r decreases convective resistance and increases heat
transfer.
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