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

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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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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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