Thermal calculations Help Compensation issues
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I recently took on a project involving residue oil pipelines, where the temperature ranges from 200 degrees to 30 degrees. The material used is carbon steel, and the pipelines have diameters of DN150 and DN250. Due to long-term use, many pipe supports on these pipelines have fallen off; this is a common problem with many thermal pipelines. I now want to recalculate the amount of compensation needed, but I’m not very familiar with the software used by my company. I need to determine based on basic data how long a compensator should be installed. For the existing pipelines on site, a fixed point is set every 50 meters; the compensators used are 6-meter π-shaped ones. There is one compensator mounted on the pipe support at one end of the pipeline, and another one at a distance of 80 meters in the middle. I’m hoping someone experienced can help with the calculations
2 meters in height, with a span of 6 meters; one unit every 50 meters is sufficient, so the calculations are correct.