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DATACONES
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

FOR

LAGGED PIPE APPARATUS

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LAGGED PIPE APPARATUS

DESCRIPTION :
The apparatus consists of three concentric pipes mounted on suitable stand.
The inside pipe consists of a heater, which is wound with nichrome wire on
the insulation. Between first two cylinders the insulating material with which
lagging is to be done is filled compactly. Between second and third cylinders
another material used for lagging is filled. The thermocouples are attached to
the surface of cylinders approximately to measure the temperatures. The
input to the heater is varied through a dimmerstat and measured on voltmeter
and ammeter. The experiments can be conducted at various values of input
and calculations can be made accordingly. Similarly the experiments can be
made for double or single lagging by removing appropriate pipes.

SPECIFICATIONS :
1. PIPES

i. GI pipe ( inside ) Ø 60 mm Dia ( I. D. )

ii. GI pipe ( middle ) Ø 110 mm ( mean dia. )

iii. GI pipe ( outer ) Ø 156 mm ( I. D. )

iv. Length of pipe = 1000 mm

2.  HEATER - Nichrome wire heater ( cartridge type ) placed centrally

having suitable capacity ( 400 watts ).

3. CONTROL PANEL

Comprising of -

i. Single phase Dimmerstat 0-230 Volts - 1 No.

ii. Voltmeter 0-100 / 200 V - 1 No.

iii. Ammeter 0 - 2 Amps - 1 No.

TEMPERATURE INDICATOR WITH THERMOCOUPLES

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Range 0 – 300 0 C using chromel alumel thermocouple – 1 No. service

required – A. C. single phase 230 V electric supply.

EXPERIMENTS TO BE CARRIES OUT

1. To determine the thermal conductivity of lagging material by assuming the
heater input to be the heat flow rate through the lagged pipe

2. To plot the temperature distribution across the lagging material.

LIMITS AND PRECAUTIONS

1. Keep dimmerstat to zero position before start.

2. Increase voltage gradually.

3. Keep the assembly undisturbed while testing.

4. While removing or changing the lagging material , do not disturb the

thermocouples.

5. Do not increase voltage above 120 volts.

6. Operate selector switch of temperature indicator gently.

PROCEDURE :
1. Arrange the pipes in proper fashion with heater assembly ( Arranged
normally )

2. Fill the lagging material in pipes uniformly and by gentle pushing, press
the lagging material ( filled normally )

3. See that material gets packed uniformly.

4. Close both ends of pipes and keep the assembly on stands.

5. Start the supply of heater and by varying dimmerstat adjust the input for
desired value ( Range 60 120 watts ) by using voltmeter and ammeter.

6. Take readings of all the 6 thermocouples at an interval of 5 minutes until

the steady state is reached.

7. Note down steady readings in observation table.

OBSERVATION TABLE :

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1. Inside pipe dia. ( I. D. ) D1 = Ø 60 mm

2. Middle pipe dia. ( Mean dia. ) D2 = Ø 110 mm

3. Outer pipe dia. ( I. D. ) D3 = Ø 156 mm

4. Length of pipes L = 1000 mm

Sr. Voltmete Reading

No r Ammeter Thermocouple Readings
. V I

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6

MEAN READINGS :
T1 + T2
T i ( Inside ) =
2

T3 + T4
T m ( middle ) =
2

T5 + T6
T o ( outer ) =
2
CALCULATIONS :

ri = Radius of inner pipe

ro = Radius of outer pipe

rm = Radius of middle pipe

L = Length of the pipe assume it as unity

K = Thermal conductivity w / m - k.

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2. Actual heat input is equal to

q = V x I

b. Now from know value of heat flow rate, value of combined thermal
conductivity of lagging material can be calculated.

2  LK ( T i - T o )
q =
ln( ro/ ri )

q x ln ( r o / r i )
k =
2  L ( T i - T o)

c. To plot the Graph temperature distribution Vs lagged radius

REFERENCES :

1. Principles of Heat Transfer - Frame Kreith

2. A Text Book on Heat Transfer - Dr. S. P. Sukhatme

2. Engineering Heat Transfer - C. P. Gupta and Rajendra Prakash.

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TRIAL ON LAGGED PIPE APPARATUS

OBSERVATION TABLE :
1. Inside pipe dia. ( I. D. ) D1 = Ø 60 mm

2. Middle pipe dia. ( Mean dia. ) D2 = Ø 110 mm

3. Outer pipe dia. ( I. D. ) D3 = Ø 156 mm

4. Length of pipes L = 1000 mm

Sr. Voltmeter Reading

No. V Ammeter Thermocouple Readings
I

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6
1 160 1.19 65 63 33 33 30 30
2 162 1.20 80 76 37 38 31 31
3 160 1.19 92 87 42 43 32 31

SAMPLE CALCULATIONS :

1. MEAN READINGS :
a. Mean Temperature of Inside Pipe - T i ( Inside )

T1 + T2
T i ( Inside ) =
2

92 + 87
=
2

= 89.5 0
C

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b. Mean Temperature of Middle Pipe T m ( middle )

T3 + T4
T m ( middle ) =
2

42 + 43
=
2
0
= 42.5 C

c. Mean Temperature of Outside Pipe - T o ( middle )

T5 + T6
T o ( middle ) =
2

32 + 31
=
2

= 31.5 0 C

2. ACTUAL HEAT INPUT ( q )

q = V x I

= 160 x 1.19

= 190.4 Watt

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3. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LAGGED PIPE ( K )

q x ln ( r o / r i )
k =
2  L ( T i - T o)

190.4 x ln ( 0.078 / 0.030 )

=
2  x 1 x ( 89.5 - 31.5 )

= 0.499 Watts / m 0 K

4. RESULT TABLE

Mean Temp Actual Heat Thermal

Supplied Conductivity
Ti Tm T0 q ( Watt ) K ( Watts / m 0 K )
64 33 30 190.4 0.85
78 37.5 31 194.4 0.62
89.5 42.5 31.5 190.4 0.49

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