Pipe Insulation
Pipe Insulation
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Does anyone know of a standard or reference that describes the maximum safe outside surface temperature of pipe insulation (for safety purposes)?
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RE: Pipe Insulation
There's a thread over on the Piping & Fluid Mechanics forum that discusses this in detail:
Surface temperature for insulation design
RE: Pipe Insulation
To = Ti - (x/k / x/k + l/fo) (Ti-Ta)
l/fo is in a table, see below
see stamper & koral, "Handbook of Air Conditioning Heating and Ventilating", 3rd Edition, Page 8-178 "Piping"