INSTRUCTION MANUAL OF LAGGED PIPE APPARATUS R.K. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGG. WORKS 20/1 ADARASH NAGER NEW HARDWAR ROAD ROORKEE Tel: 01332 (274252)LAGGED PIPE APPARATUS INTODUCTION:- To prevent the leakage of heat, the pipe surfaces are coated with insulating materials, which is called as lagging. Different types of insulating materials are used as lagging materials such as — 1) Glass wool 2) Asbestos ~ magnesium sulphate powder ete. The object df this experiment is.to plot the radial temperature distribution and to determine the thermal conductivity of the pipe insulation used as lagging material APPARATUS : The apparatus consists of metal cylinder housing inside and electrical heater. coil, ‘The metal cylinder is insulated with asbestos poweder. This cylinder is placed in.third cylinder and is insulated with sawdus}. The ends are covered with thicker bakelite plate 30 that end losses will be negligible and the heat flow will only radial. The radial temperature distribution within the insulation in measured. by six thermocouples placed on respective cylinders a PROCEDURE - The heater is put on the wattage is maintained at some desired value. Readings are taken at regular intervals until steady state is reached. The steady state temperatures are then recorded. The procedure is repeated for different wattages of the heater ioput. THEORY Fouried law for steady state, radial heat conduction without heat generation is given below- 2PKL, ~7,) Glog ie ‘Where — rOR 0 two values of temperatures we can calculate the value of "K’. BPP ' F " Inner diameter of insulation 60 mm outer diameter of insulation = 156mm ‘Temperature of the inner surface in °C ‘Temperature of outer surface in °C "Thermal conductivity of the insulating material Heat flow rate - watts ‘Length of insulated cylinder ~ $15 mm. Assuming that the heater input to be equal to the heat flow rate through the lagging material, the local temperature T is plotted against the local radius.r. Choosing OBSERVATION Input voltage V Input current I Inner radius of insulation for asbestos powder r1 volts amp. Outer radius of insulation for asbestos powder 12 Outer radius of sawdust insulation rt Length of cylinder L 515 mm. S.No. TI T2 T3 T4 TS 16 aSample Calculation Vv I Ti T2 Ts T4 TS 16 962 | 138 | 168 170 a 2 6 i OBSERVATIONS 8) Gd pipe (nsidey=OP = 60 mm=.95m “2 b) MS pipe (Middle ~ 1D) 195 mm, 01 15 mm ©) GL. pipé (outer) = 1D = 156 mm = "156m / 4) Length of pipe = 1= 975 mm. | Sample Calculation Vv = 962 I= 135 T= 169 T2=170 T; =81 Ts = 82 Ts-65-Te=67 T inside R+th, = 1698°C 2 | trite Sth = aise t 2 | | Tower = B= opt q= Vxi=96.2% 1.35 = 129.87 W pxtog, (7, /7,) 2a {T, -T,) 129.87 slog, (0.78403) “Qxrxe0.515x903.5 = 0.14 wim’C “6ee CALCULATION : a) Average of asbestos insulation inner temp. Ret, 2 b) Average of asbestos outer and sawdust insulation inner temperature. 6