Insulation ( material and thickness )
Insulation ( material and thickness )
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Hi everybody;
Actually this is the first time I'm making myself involved with selection of insulation (material & thickness) for piping and vessels. I wonder if there is any code or spec that recommends some criteria. I would appreciate if someone introduces/shares any related design code, Spec, link or book.
Thank you all
Regards
Salar
Actually this is the first time I'm making myself involved with selection of insulation (material & thickness) for piping and vessels. I wonder if there is any code or spec that recommends some criteria. I would appreciate if someone introduces/shares any related design code, Spec, link or book.
Thank you all
Regards
Salar





RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
http://www.pipeinsulation.org/
Contact the insulation suppliers in your country and get their technical literature. The literature will reference the relative codes. Follow the trail.
it is a very interesting field and there is a great deal of information.
You could go to www.aft.com. Download a copy of the Fathom & Arrow demo. This will enable you to do some rudimentary calculations to get a handle on things for piping heat transfer and the way different insulation types and thicknesses work.
Geoffrey D Stone FIMechE C.Eng;FIEAust CP Eng
www.waterhammer.bigblog.com.au
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
If you come back with materials of construction, and temperatures you can probably get better help.
Good luck.
StoneCold
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
This ABS pressure pipe to AS 3518 not the ABS draingae pipe used in the USA.
Geoffrey D Stone FIMechE C.Eng;FIEAust CP Eng
www.waterhammer.bigblog.com.au
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
If I was in your position, I would get 2 or 3 insulation suppliers or their local agents to meet with you and discuss the problem and then submit their proposals with estimated prices.
With this information, I would produce a specification and then ask for firm prices which you can then evaluate.
I would try to avoid making decisions I am not qualified or experienced to make.
Best regards,
athomas236
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
My state's particular codes used to incorporate by reference the ASHRAE standard 90.1 "Energy standard for buildings except low-rise residential buildings". That's where the min. insulation thickness table was derived (I have a 2001 version). Currently, however, my state's codes incorporate by reference the International Energy Conservation Code of which I don't yet have a copy. I assume it get's it's pipe insulation table from the latest ASHRAE standard anyway (I think 90.1 is up to 2004 maybe 2007). It looks like you can view the 2004 on line without purchasing--check out page 55 for that chart.
Of course this is all irrelevant if you're trying to insulate something more process-related...
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
I suggest that the site be visited by all practitioners in this field.
Geoffrey D Stone FIMechE C.Eng;FIEAust CP Eng
www.waterhammer.bigblog.com.au
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
As suggested above, reference the ASHRAE Standard and get several insulation suppliers to talk with you.
Just remember that a lot of sales types work on the basis if if you can not dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with BS.
Ken
Ken
KE5DFR
RE: Insulation ( material and thickness )
Regards
Salar