Thanks guys, your help is much appreciated.
With regards to getting professional help, with my qualifications I should be able to figure this out. I only use what people say here to give me a push in the right direction. Take Magicme's response, which was great by the way, I will now go...
Thanks for that, how did you work it out? I'd like to be able to write this stuff down, and maybe prove that insulating the pipe is all we need.
This is a pipeline going in a tunnel 70m underground. The ambient temperature is supposed to be between 25-28 degrees. I've just said 29 as a...
Thanks for the helpful input....if you read above there are a fair few more than 2 knowns I've given. But anyway....
I don't expect someone to give me the complete answer as I won't learn for next time. I'd rather a push in the right direction, so quantitive values really aren't needed, but...
I currently have a problem I'm trying to overcome which involves cool water heating up when being pumped through a pipe within an underground tunnel.
Knowns are:
Temperature of water into the pipe
Pipe dimensions
Ambient heat
Material properties of pipe
Flow rate
To gain a clearer picture...
