MEASURING TEMPERATURE OF THE MEDIUM OF SHIP COMPRESSOR PIPING USING TEMPERATURE OF THE OUTER WALL

Abstract

To determine the temperature of the medium in the ship's piping systems there are used readings of contact thermometers, pyrometers and thermal scans which measure the temperature of the pipeline rather accurately. Aside from corrections for accuracy of the measurement of the wall temperature, it is necessary to move towards measuring temperature of the medium. Readings of the temperature of the pipeline wall differ from the readings of the medium temperature inside the pipeline, so it is necessary to calculate and find the temperature of the medium in the pipeline. After solving a system of equations describing the phenomenon of heat transfer through the cylindrical surface, there has been worked out the technique of measuring temperature of the pipeline medium, according to the measured temperature of the pipe wall. The conditions of heat transfer can vary for different pipelines and media. The paper gives calculated temperature corrections for different operating conditions of the pipeline. To carry out calculations, a computer program has been written in the Mathcad mathematical package. Temperature corrections have been calculated to determine the medium temperature inside the pipeline using the temperature value of the outer wall of the pipeline. There has been carried out analysis of various factors affecting temperature changes: heat transfer to the air, heat transfer of medium inside the pipeline, wall thickness and contamination. Verification of theoretical data has been made on a ship of the compressor unit. The experiment confirmed the possibility of measuring temperature of the medium inside the pipeline, according to the temperature of pipeline surface using the developed corrections. Devices measuring the temperature of the pipeline walls can be used as additional measurement to enhance informativeness of testing results, analysis of operating modes, and improve the operation reliability of ship piping systems