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The document discusses the calculation of insulation thickness for pipes. It provides the parameters needed for calculation like pipe length and diameter, ambient and desired temperatures, insulation material and its thermal conductivity. It then shows the calculations to determine the heat transfer coefficient, thermal resistance, insulation thickness and heat losses from the bare and insulated pipe surfaces. The annual energy savings and cost savings from providing insulation are also calculated. It concludes by presenting the total project cost savings analysis over a period of 5 years.

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Insulation

The document discusses the calculation of insulation thickness for pipes. It provides the parameters needed for calculation like pipe length and diameter, ambient and desired temperatures, insulation material and its thermal conductivity. It then shows the calculations to determine the heat transfer coefficient, thermal resistance, insulation thickness and heat losses from the bare and insulated pipe surfaces. The annual energy savings and cost savings from providing insulation are also calculated. It concludes by presenting the total project cost savings analysis over a period of 5 years.

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Economic Insulation Thickness calculation

Length of Pipe (L) = Pipe diameter (d) = Ambient temperature (Ta) = Desired temperature (Tc) = Pipe Wall temperature (Th) = Insulation Material =
Thermal Conductivity of insulation = (take value from table) Calculated Thickness of Thickness= Thickness of the Insullation=
(Select as per Manufacters Data)

2.1 1200 30 64 250


Mineral Wool

m mm
o o o

take

157 oC

0
Thermal Conductivity
(W/m2 K)

Thermal Conductivity Insulation Temperature(oC) Mineral Wool

C C C
400 o

>

0.04 49.0 50.0

W/m2oc mm mm

100 200 300 400 700 1000

0.04 0.06 0.08 0.11 0 0

Solution
Heat Transfer Coefficient Of Hot Bare Surface, h = SurfaceHeat Transfer Coefficient After insulation, h' = Thermal Resistance Rth = Thickness of Insulation t = 14.2 4.8 1.14 49.01 W/m2 oc W/m2 oc m2 oc/W mm

Outer radius of insulation, r2 = Insulated Pipe area, A = Bare Pipe surface area, A =

650.00 8.58 7.92

mm m2 m2

Total heat lossfromBare surface , Q = Total heat lossfromInsulated surface , Q= Power saved by providing insulation, P=

24.73 1.40

KW KW

23.33

KW

Annual working hours, n= Energy Saving After providing Insullation, (E = P*n) =

8400 195992

Hrs Kwh/year

400

400

157

Mineral Wool 100 0.04 200 0.06 300 0.08 400 0.11 700 0 1000 0

100 200 300 400 700 1000

0.04 0.06 0.08 0.11 0 0

Economics

Steam Cost = Heat energy cost, p = Cost of insulation(material+Labor) =


Discount factor for calculating Net present value(NPV) of Cost of energy loss =

0.7 1.85 2000 15

Rs/kg Rs/kWh Rs/m %

Solution Annual Monetary Saving (S=E*p) = Total Cost of insulation= Annual cost of energy loss=
NPV of annual cost of Energy loss for 5 years =

362586 4200 21751 72913

Rs Rs Rs / Year Rs

TOTAL COST = Rs 77113

195992.43

2.1 1.4 8400 21751 18914.11 21751 16447.05 21751 14301.78 21751 12436.33 21751 10814.2 72913.47

flat surface heat loss calculation Economic Insulation Thickness calculation


Surface Length (L) = Pipe diameter (d) = Ambient temperature (Ta) = Desired temperature (Tc) = Pipe Wall temperature (Th) = Insulation Material =
Thermal Conductivity of insulation = (take value from table) Calculated Thickness of Thickness= Thickness of the Insullation=
(Select as per Manufacters Data)

0
0

400

400

2.1 1.2 30 64 400


Mineral Wool

m m
o o o

take

232 oC

Thermal Conductivity Insulation Temperature(oC)


Thermal Conductivity
(W/m2 K)

C C C
400 o

Mineral Wool

232 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.11 0 0

>

0.07 144.1 150.0

W/m2oc mm mm

100 200 300 400 700 1000

Solution
Heat Transfer Coefficient Of Hot Bare Surface, h = SurfaceHeat Transfer Coefficient After insulation, h' = Thermal Resistance Rth = Thickness of Insulation t = 21.7 4.8 2.06 144.12 W/m2 oc W/m2 oc m2 oc/W mm

Mineral Wool 100 0.04 200 0.06 300 0.08 400 0.11 700 0 1000 0

Insulated Pipe area, A = Bare Pipe surface area, A =

2.52 2.52

m2 m2

100 200 300 400 700 1000

0.04 0.06 0.08 0.11 0 0

Total heat lossfromBare surface , Q = Total heat lossfromInsulated surface , Q= Power saved by providing insulation, P=

20.23 0.41

KW KW

19.82

KW

Annual working hours, n= Energy Saving After providing Insullation, (E = P*n) =

8400 166503

Hrs Kwh/year

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economics1

Economics

Steam Cost = Heat energy cost, p = Cost of insulation(material+Labor) =


Discount factor for calculating Net present value(NPV) of Cost of energy loss =

0.7 1.85 2000 15

Rs/kg Rs/kWh Rs/m2 %

166503.25

Solution Annual Monetary Saving (S=E*p) = Total Cost of insulation= Annual cost of energy loss=
NPV of annual cost of Energy loss for 5 years =

308031 5040 6391 21424

Rs Rs Rs / Year Rs

2.52 0.41 8400 6391 6391 6391 6391 6391 5557.43 4832.55 4202.21 3654.1 3177.48 21423.77

TOTAL COST = Rs 26464

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