So I think I am just going to assume it is saturated. We do not have the temperature of the steam, only the pressure of the steam and the temperature of the surface of the pipe.
So, Compositepro, I can just calculate the pressure drop and then that gives me the temperature drop? I am assuming...
Thanks for the responses. I am not sure if the steam is saturated or superheated. I was going to guess that it was superheated but looking at steam tables it actually looks like it would probably only be saturated.
Isn't that delta T for the difference from the surface to the ambient? So if you have a section of pipe at a certain temperature and the surroundings at a certain temperature, I can see how you get the Q, but how does that get me to a new temperature of the pipe surface further down the pipe run?
Oh, I forgot to add that it is not possible to go back to the site and take more temperature readings along the pipe run. Unfortunate, because that would be ideal.
Hello,
I have searched without much luck. I am curious as to what sort of rough numbers you would be looking at in terms of a temperature drop of the pipe surface along a pipe run. Say at one location the pipe surface temperature was measured at roughly 315 deg F, it has steam inside at...
