Applications:
Condensation control
Pipe freezing
Energy saving
Protection against extreme temperatures
Control of noise
Thermal Insulation
Principally, a thermal insulation structure for piping consists of an appropriate insulating material, usually covered by sheet metal cladding. This protects the pipe and the insulation from external influences such as weather or mechanical loads.
Spacers are also essential with insulation material such as wired mats , which do not offer sufficient resistance to pressure to hold the weight of the cladding and other external loads. These spacers transfer the loads from the cladding directly onto the pipe to be insulated. in case of vertical piping, support structures are fitted to take on the loads of the insulation and the cladding. In general, support structures and spacers form thermal bridges.
Cold Insulation
Liquefaction is achieved by refrigerating it to -160°C, reducing its volume by over 700 times, which yields liquefied natural gas (LNG). For these plants to function, efficient insulation systems are needed for cryogenic service. When a plant is operating at -160°C, the environment is unforgiving. Inefficient insulation will result in much higher refrigeration requirements as the boil off is increased.
Outer-cladding protection has taken the form of sheet metal, as with heat-conservation systems. Given the saline and chemically sensitive environments in which LNG plants tend to be built.
Acoustic Insulation
Used for Compressor houses, Fission furnaces, Pumps and blast furnaces, Turbines and generators.
Soundproofing is any means of reducing the sound pressure with respect to a specified sound source and receptor. There are several basic approaches to reducing sound: increasing the distance between source and receiver, using noise barriers to reflect or absorb the energy of the sound waves, using damping structures such as sound baffles.
Acoustic quieting, noise mitigation, and noise control can be used to limit unwanted noise. Soundproofing can suppress unwanted indirect sound waves such as reflections that cause echoes and resonances that cause reverberation. Soundproofing can reduce the transmission of unwanted direct sound waves from the source to an involuntary listener through the use of distance and intervening objects in the sound path.
