46. A steel pipe, 2 inches schedule 40 contains saturated steam at 121.1 ℃.

The line is insulated with

25.4 mm asbestos ( k=0.182 W/m-K). assuming that the inside surface temperature of the metal wall is
at 121.1 ℃ and the outer surface of the insulation is at 26.7 ℃ calculate the heat loss for 30.5 m of
pipe. Thermal conductivity of steel is 45 W/m-K.

Given:

L = 30.85 m r1 = 0.0263 m

K steel = 45 W/m-K r2 = .0302 m

K asbestos = 0.182 W/m-K r3 = .0556 m

Thickness of asbestos = 25.4 mm

ID = 2.067 in

OD = 2.375 in
r2

Required: Heat Loss r3

r1
Solution:

𝑟2
𝑙𝑛 𝑟1
𝑅1 = ; 𝑅1 = 1.6034𝑥10−5
2𝜋 ∗ 𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑙 ∗ 𝐿
𝑟2
𝑙𝑛
𝑅2 = 𝑟1 ; 𝑅2 = .0175
2𝜋 ∗ 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑢 ∗ 𝐿
121.1 − 26.7
𝑄=
𝑅1 + 𝑅2

Q = 5389.3478 W