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chimney pulling

chimney pulling

chimney pulling

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Hi all,

I would like to calculate the pulling of a chimney (already installed). This chimney is connected to a pellet stove with a nominal thermal power of 17 kW.

The chimney is in stainless steel 316 L, Diameter DN 130. Its height is 9 meter and in the path there are nine 45° elbow.

Could you recommend me some formula or excell.. to calculate that value of pulling? I would like to verify that the chimney pulling will not be less than the required one by the pellet stove, that is 11 mbar.

Thank you so much

RE: chimney pulling

Presume what you mean here is the draft pressure created at the bottom of this chimney by the hot flue gas from this pellet stove ?

RE: chimney pulling

The natural chimney or stack draft is computed as follows:

ΔP = C*P*h*(1/To – 1/Ti)

where:
ΔP = pressure difference, in Pa
C = 0.0342
P = atmospheric pressure, in Pa
h = height of the chimney, in m
To = absolute outside air temperature, in K
Ti = absolute average temperature of the flue gas, in K


The diameter of the chimney and the fittings doesn’t play any role in natural draft calculation. They will be anyway indispensable to evaluate the flue gas pressure drop along the chimney.

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