of course, I can't reasonably expect to be an expert on a subject after taking a few courses. There was an opportunity to start to learn it here, so I am.
Thanks DSB123 and Richay.
Yes, I am completely new to pipe stress analysis, so i am looking into taking the course one PipingDesignOnline.com. I don't think my company wants to send just me to houston, at least not at this time.
The steam is being used for maintenance temperature purposes. Its a petro-chem site, and they already produce a lot of steam.
I ended up making a sheet that covers all the radiation, conduction, and convections (Free and forced) heat losses per foot.
what i get from that, Ill just divide by...
oh don't get me wrong, I think its the wrong route to go too. My first question when this was brought to me was... "why steam?". But since I have to give them the numbers from this before pushing electric some more, I wanted to make sure I was getting them good info.
Thanks guys,
Ill try to convince them but the client wants steam due to having it already on site, and probably some other things. Electric makes much more sense to me, and it is what I have done at previous jobs.
i believe its only going roughly 500ft, but this is still proving to be a...
Been working out a problem I have to figure out at work. I have a large pipe (~6") that needs to be steam heat traced but i dont know much about the fluid properties within the pipe. This fluid will be heateded in a separate tank and pumped across a plant site. the steam heat trace just needs to...
