Chemical Engineering - Oil Tanks Heat Loss
Heat loss from sheltered and exposed, lagged and unlagged oil tanks[1]Edit
| Condition
|
Heat loss
W/m2K
|
| Oil temperature
|
| up to 10 oC
|
10 - 27 oC
|
27 - 38 oC
|
| Unlagged
|
Sheltered
|
6.8
|
7.4
|
8.0
|
| Exposed
|
9.0
|
8.5
|
9.0
|
| Lagged
|
Sheltered
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
2.0
|
| Exposed
|
2.0
|
2.1
|
2.25
|