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Determination of wall thickness to prevent condensation

Boundary condition: Simbol Value Description

Cooling air temperature: ϑim 4 °C Input value
Ambient air temperature: ϑa 55 °C Input value
Equivalent airduct diameter: Di 0.047 m Calculate equivalent diam.
Relative humidity of ambient air: φ 60 % Input value
Allowed temperature difference: ϑse 6.3 °C From Table 3.

ϑse 48.7 °C
ϑav 26.35 °C

Thermal conductivity of insulation: λ 0.039 Wm-1K-1 Input value

hSE 8.815 Wm-2K-1

External surface coefficient: CA 8.5 Artboard/Recore coeff.

C´ 0.0628

Air duct wall thickness: d 15 mm Input desired thickness

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Control calculation:
De 0.077 m Outside airduct diameter
Di 0.047 m Inside airduct diameter

Ri 2.0146 mKW-1
Rie 0.469 mKW-1

ϑse 45.37 °C Surface temperature

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 Table 2 - Coefficients CA and CB for approximate calculation of total exterior thermal surface coefficien

SURFACE CA CB ε

aluminium, bright rolled 2.5 2.7 0.05

alumnium, oxidized 3.1 3.3 0.13
galvanized sheet metal, blank 4.0 4.2 0.26
galvanized sheet metal, dusty 5.3 5.5 0.44
austenitic steel 3.2 3.4 0.15
aluminium - zinc sheet 3.4 3.6 0.18
nonmetalic surfaces 8.5 8.7 0.94
thermal surface coefficient

Cr x10-8 W/(m2K4)

0.28
0.74
1.47
2.49
0.85
1.02
5.33
Table 3 - The allowed temperature difference in °C between surface and ambient air for different relative humidities

Ambient air Relative air humidities, %

temperature °C
30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
-20 * 10.4 9.1 8.0 7.9 6.0 5.2 4.5
-15 12.3 10.8 9.6 8.3 7.3 6.4 5.4 4.6
-10 12.9 11.3 9.9 8.7 7.6 6.6 5.7 4.8
-5 13.4 11.7 10.3 9.0 7.9 6.8 5.8 5.0
0 13.9 12.2 10.7 9.3 8.1 7.1 6.0 5.1
2 14.3 12.6 11.0 9.7 8.5 7.4 6.4 5.4
4 14.7 13.0 11.4 10.1 8.9 7.7 6.7 5.8
6 15.1 13.4 11.8 10.4 9.2 8.1 7.0 6.1
8 15.6 13.8 12.2 10.8 9.6 8.4 7.3 6.2
10 16.0 14.2 12.6 11.2 10.0 8.6 7.4 6.3
12 16.5 14.6 13.0 11.6 10.1 8.8 7.5 6.3
14 16.9 15.1 13.4 11.7 10.3 8.9 7.6 6.5
16 17.4 15.5 13.6 11.9 10.4 9.0 7.8 6.6
18 17.8 15.7 13.8 12.1 10.6 9.2 7.9 6.7
20 18.1 15.9 14.0 12.3 10.7 9.3 8.0 6.8
22 18.4 16.1 14.2 12.5 10.9 9.5 8.1 6.9
24 18.6 16.4 14.4 12.6 11.1 9.6 8.2 7.0
26 18.9 16.6 14.7 12.8 11.2 9.7 8.4 7.1
28 19.2 16.9 14.9 13.0 11.4 9.9 8.5 7.2
30 19.5 17.1 15.1 13.2 11.6 10.1 8.6 7.3
35 20.2 17.7 15.7 13.7 12.0 10.4 9.0 7.6
40 20.9 18.4 16.1 14.2 12.4 10.8 9.3 7.9
45 21.6 19.0 16.7 14.7 12.8 11.2 9.6 8.1
45 22.3 19.7 17.3 15.2 13.3 11.6 9.9 8.4
rent relative humidities at the onset of dew formation

humidities, %
70 75 80 85 90 95
3.7 2.9 2.3 1.7 1.1 0.5
3.8 3.1 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.6
3.9 3.2 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.6
4.1 3.3 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.6
4.2 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.3 0.7
4.6 3.8 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.7
4.9 4.0 3.1 2.3 1.5 0.7
5.1 4.1 3.2 2.3 1.5 0.7
5.1 4.2 3.2 2.3 1.5 0.8
5.2 4.2 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.8
5.3 4.3 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.8
5.4 4.3 3.4 2.5 1.6 0.8
5.4 4.4 3.5 2.5 1.7 0.8
5.6 4.5 3.5 2.6 1.7 0.8
5.6 4.6 3.6 2.6 1.7 0.8
5.7 4.7 3.6 2.6 1.7 0.8
5.8 4.7 3.7 2.7 1.8 0.8
5.9 4.8 3.7 2.7 1.8 0.9
6.0 4.9 3.8 2.8 1.8 0.9
6.1 5.0 3.8 2.8 1.8 0.9
6.3 5.1 4.0 2.9 1.9 0.9
6.5 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.0 1.0
6.8 5.5 4.3 3.1 2.1 1.0
7.0 5.7 4.4 3.2 2.1 1.0