Simple method for monitoring transient thermal stresses in pipelines |
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| Authors: | Jan Taler Wies?aw Zima Magdalena Jaremkiewicz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Thermal Power Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Polandtaler@mech.pk.edu.pl;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Thermal Power Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents a seminumerical method for solving inverse heat conduction problems (IHCP) encountered in the monitoring of thermal stresses in pressurized thick-walled elements of steam boilers. The objective is to give a simple and quick method of determining transient temperature histories in thick-walled components based on temperature measurements on the outer thermally insulated surface. The method is suitable for solving one-dimensional problems. However, it can be extended to multidimensional temperature fields. The IHCP will be solved using the control volume approach. The accuracy of the method is demonstrated by comparing computational and experimental results. Gram orthogonal polynomials are used to smooth the measured time-dependent temperature and for evaluating time derivatives of noisy data with high accuracy. Due to the simplicity of the final formulations, the developed method is very useful for estimating the thermal stresses and controlling the fatigue damage of boiler components. |
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| Keywords: | Inverse heat conduction one-dimensional transient problem smoothing noisy data thermal stresses temperature measurements |
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