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BTUs emitting from kiln
Your best bet is to measure your gas flows. Natural gas = 1000 Btu/cf. Then look at a Sankey Diagram for a furnace. Energy In = Energy Out. IN is the fuel gas, OUT is hot flue gasses, heat into product, and losses. Kiln losses typically are from shell and from holes/leaks. Be cautious...- Fizz92
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- Forum: Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics engineering
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Piping network heat loss
Adding insulation is typically your best bet. Changing pipe size can have unintended consequence as others have pointed out. Reminds me of the guy who piped his house water at 3/4" to save pressure... had to wait (0.75 / 0.5)^2 times longer for his shower to get hot. Main point I wanted to...- Fizz92
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- Forum: Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics engineering
