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In this simple system, I have a large reservoir of water that feeds a small section of 4" dia. pipe. There is about 1 ft of length until there is a gate valve to isolate the flow. When not flowing water, this 1-ft x 4-in section is at risk of freezing when temperatures are low enough. What I am looking to is basically add an immersion heater to prevent freezing, but I need to know how much power I need. Are there any quick heat transfer calc I can do to estimate this?
Thanks a ton-
In this simple system, I have a large reservoir of water that feeds a small section of 4" dia. pipe. There is about 1 ft of length until there is a gate valve to isolate the flow. When not flowing water, this 1-ft x 4-in section is at risk of freezing when temperatures are low enough. What I am looking to is basically add an immersion heater to prevent freezing, but I need to know how much power I need. Are there any quick heat transfer calc I can do to estimate this?
Thanks a ton-