Economic thickness for industrial insulation

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5753802

This manual is presented in 8 chapters plus appendices. Chapters 1 and 2 are included as background information. The economic insulation thickness is found using the following chapters: Chapter 3, cost of energy (heat and refrigeration); Chapter 4, cost of insulation, and Chapter 5, economic thickness determination. Each of these chapters contains a worksheet, which provides a step-by-step procedure for solving the problem. Nomographs are included in each section for simplifying the required calculations. For subambient temperature systems, the economic insulation thickness calculated with Chapters 3 to 5 should be compared to the thickness required to prevent condensation (sweating), as calculated with Chapter 6. Chapter 7 presents the procedure for calculating economic insulation for retrofit situations. Sample problems are included in Chapter 8.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Industrial Programs
• OSTI ID: 5753802
• Report Number(s): DOE/NBM-3016469; ON: DE83016469
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CALCULATION METHODS
COST
DIAGRAMS
DIMENSIONS
ECONOMICS
INDUSTRY
NOMOGRAMS
OPTIMIZATION
RETROFITTING
THERMAL INSULATION
THICKNESS
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