RULE:.

OF- THUMB

Wattage foy Heating Hydraulic Oil:

]- Watt Will Heat] Gallon 1of in 1Hour

 Example of Use of Chart. Assuming a reservoir with 70 square feet of surface 1 525 watts
would be needed to keep the oil lOoF above surrounding air temperature, or, 2625watts to
keep it 50F above air temperature.

ELECTRICAL POWER TO MAINTAIN ELEVATED OIL TEMPERATURE

Figures in the chart are watts required on heating elements.

Sg.Feet
Tank
Surface
10 .,
r

10
'"'"

75
-
20
150
Air/Oil
300
225
Temperature
40
300
50
375
Difference,
60
450
Degrees
70
525
80
600
F.
90
..........

675
-100
746
)

20 150 300 450 600 746 900 1050 1200 1350 1500
30 225 450 675 900 1120 1350 1575 1800 2025 225.0
40 300 600 900 1200 ]500 1800 2100 2400 2700 3000
50 375 746 1120 1500 1875 2250 2625 3000 3375 3750
60 450 900 1350 1800 2250 2700 3150 3600 4050 4500
70 525 1050 1575 2100 2625 3150 3675 4200 4725 5250
80 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 3600 4200 4800 5400 6000
90 675 1350 2025 2700 3375 4050 4725 5400 6075 6750
100 746 1500 2240 3000 3750 4500 5250 6000 6750 7500
125 935 1865 2800 3750 4675 5600 6550 7475 8400 ;9350.
_
150 1125 2235 3360 4500 5600 6725 7850 8950 10,100 11,250
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HE-AT R-ADIATIO-N fROM METAL SURFACES

For evry foot of metal surface

with oil -on one -side and--exposed
to free.- air clrculatio-n, l35 BTU
p~r hour .can be radiated with-out
the oil temp-erature ris-ing to mo-re
-than- 50 degreesF above surround-
ing air te-mperature.

TABL-E- 6~B. Heat- Radiating- Ability of.

Typicai Steel--Tanks

Typical Sq. Feet Heat Heat

T-ank f -Radiating Radjation .Radi-ati-on
Size Surface BTU!hr Horsepower
6.gats. 4% 550 0.20
12 " 6% 850 0.34
1-8 " -8% -1000 0..40
33 " 13.% 1700 O~67
80 Jl 24 3000 1.18
120 II 30 4000 1.60
-250.'1- 50 6800 2""70-
 HEAT RADIATION CHART FOR OIL RESERVO"IRS - For Sizing ~t Exchangers

Figures in body of chart are radiation figures in BTU per hour that can be radiated at
various temperature differences and for tanks of various square foot radiation surfaces.
767
512256
1025
767
50
9200
6140
1530
1280
1025
5120
1530
30
4090
15306400
40
2560
80
60
125
512
2304
3072
9600
7670
2560
3200
7160
1792
3940
100
2048
4610
8180
3840
8950
2304 Temp
20
9600
15304610
3072
3840
2560
6140
19,200
12,300
40,000
48,000 4090
7670
6400
5120
3580
7670
3072
2048
5375
6920
4610
11,520
12,300
16,380
18,430
25,600
16,000
32,000
12,800
23,040
15,300
39,400
30,720
10,250
28,800
13,800
20,480
12,800 Difference of Between Air and Oi I
Sq. Ft. 22,400
17,920
14,320
10,750
11,500 1
t 10