Heat loss along the pipeline and its control measures

Abstract

Highlights Formulas are derived to calculate temperature drop and heat loss, and the causations of all results are shown in detail. Relative heat loss increases almost linearly with the pipeline length, thermal conductivity and reciprocal of insulation thickness. Relative heat loss decreases with the pipeline diametre, initial temperature, flow velocity, surrounding temperature.

Keywords

• Heat transport
• Thermal insulation
• Thermal conductivity
• Temperature drop
• Heat loss