DAI HUNG GAS PIPELINE

HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATION SHEET

Description: Heat Transfer Calculation

Doc. Title:

Pipeline Cathodic Protection Design

Case:

16-inch Dai Hung Gas Pipeline

Doc. No.:

DHG-PVE-DD-2-CR-REP-102

Appendix:
Prepared:
Checked:

Rev.
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Purpose: The evaluation of anode surface temperature installed in 16" gas pipeline. Anodes are installed on 3LPE anti-corrosion
coating.
I. Pipeline parameters:
Inside diameter:

ID

374.6

mm

Outside diameter:

OD

406.4

mm

Wall thickness:

WT

15.9

mm

II. Input data:

Thermal conductivity:
Thickness,

Thermal conductivity,

mm

W/m.K

Carbon steel

15.9

54

FBE

0.25

0.38

PE

3.3

0.2

EM

0.2

0.32

Aluminium

40

204

Item

Thermal coefficient:
Heat convection coefficient of
gas (1)

100

W/m2.K

Heat convection coefficient of

seawater (2)

600

W/m2.K

45

28

Temperature:
Maximum operating temperature of
pipeline (T1)
Maximum seawater temperature at
seabed (T2)
III. Calculation:
t4

Heat transfer coefficient equation:

t5
t6

t3

t7

t2

t1

Gas

Seawater

Heat transfer coefficient:

K=

33.40003958

W/m2.K

567.8006729

W/m

39.32

Heat Transfer:
q=

CS

Temperature at surface layers:

t2 =

C
Page1

FBE

PE

EM

Al

t8

DAI HUNG GAS PIPELINE

HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATION SHEET
Description: Heat Transfer Calculation

Doc. Title:

Pipeline Cathodic Protection Design

Case:

16-inch Dai Hung Gas Pipeline

Doc. No.:

DHG-PVE-DD-2-CR-REP-102

Appendix:
Prepared:
Checked:

Rev.
Date:
Date:

t3 =
t4 =
t5 =
t6 =
t7 =

39.15

38.78

29.41

29.06

28.95

29.06

IV. Result:
Temperature at surface anode:
T=t6

Notes:

CS: Carbon Steel

FBE: Fusion Bonded Epoxy
PE: Polyethylene
EM: Epoxy Mastic (Coating for internal surface of anode)

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