Question: Consider a steam pipe containing steam at 2 5 0 deg C and thermal conductivity k = 1 2 W / m deg

Consider a steam pipe containing steam at 250\deg C and thermal
conductivity k=12 W/m \deg C. The pipe of diameter 50 mm and a thickness of 9 mm is made from stainless steel alloy (layer A) having a thermal conductivity k=65 W/m \deg C. Two layers of insulation follow. The outer surface of the steel pipe is wrapped in a thin layer of insulation material (layer B) made from calcium silicate having a thickness of 8 mm and having a thermal conductivity k=0.06 W/m \deg C. The outer insulation layer (layer C) comprises mineral fibres,having a thickness of 40 mm and a thermal conductivity k=0.035 W/m \deg C. Assume that heat is lost to the surroundings at a temperature of T\infty =5\deg C by natural convection with a heat transfer coefficient of \infty =18 W/m2\deg C. The steam thermal coefficient of steam=61 W/m2\deg C.
Determine:
i. The rate of heat loss from the pipe per unit length of pipe,
And
ii. The temperature on the outside wall of the pipe

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