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| Basic Thermal
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Capabilities
| New Version 3.2 |
| Database values can be
exported to or imported from Excel allowing
you to optionally store or edit your data in this format.
Editable database now allows you to include your
own custom fluid
or materials.
Calculation and display of the properties of
compounded mixtures.
Query capabilities allows you to easily locate
data. |
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Online Unit Conversion
| Intuitive, on-the-fly
unit conversion capability supporting most
engineering units. |
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| Self Integration |
| Database modules can
be called by other database modules or other
INSTED programs. For instance, Moody chart
friction factor calculation can select pipe from
pipe schedules module. |
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| Contents of INSTED Database: |
| Thermophysical
Properties
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Properties of fluids, including
density, specific heat, thermal conductivity,
viscosity, Prandtl number, thermal expansion
coefficient.
General fluid properties including melting point,
boiling point, chemical formula, saturation
temperature and pressure, etc.
Two-phase properties.
Supports hundreds of fluids used in engineering
applications.
Properties of solids including density,
conductivity, thermal expansion coefficient. |
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| Suggested Velocity |
| Optimum velocity for
the flow of various fluids in a duct |
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| Pipe Schedules |
| Nominal pipe schedules
versus the actual dimensions for wrought iron
pipes and copper water tubing and Birmingham wire
gauge (BWG) for condenser tubes.
Flow area in several different units. |
| Fouling Factors |
| | Fouling factor
for many fluids |
| Minor Loss K-factors |
| | K-factors for
various types of pipes and fittings including
joints, elbows, expansion sections, etc. |
| Absolute Roughness |
| | Absolute
roughness values for typical materials and
surfaces in thermal analysis |
| Film Coefficients |
| | Ballpark heat
transfer coefficients for free convection,
boiling, and
condensation
Ballpark U values for shell & tube and concentric
tube heat
exchangers |
| Moody Charts |
| | Friction factor
calculation for pipe flow, given the Reynolds
number, pipe diameter, and roughness |
| Radiation |
| | Emissivity of
hundreds of materials/surfaces |
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Program Interaction
Example 1: Thermophysical Properties
| This module allows the user to: |
| Enter temperature
Select material type
Select material property
Select material for fluid properties. |
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Example 2: Pipe Schedules
| This module allows the user to select: |
| Pipe material
Pipe dimensions
Pipe type |
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outputs such as |
| | Outer diameter
(in, ft, cm, m)
Inner diameter (in, ft, cm, m)
Wetted area per unit length (ft 2, m 2) |
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Example 3: Moody Chart
| This module allows the user to generate
moody values from: |
| Darcy Weisbach
Colebrook
Churchill
Database suggested value (Default) |
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Click to return to INSTED home page.
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