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1. Recent Places Name NaimaConfig ay Libraries Es Documents al Music Pictures P Videos Hide Folders Arrange by Felder s It is recommended that the default location be retained After installation of the new version is complete the user data may be imported by selecting File Menu gt Import User Data and identifying the previously exported file 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction After any user data has been secured we can proceed to uninstall the earlier version of 3E Plus 1 Click on Start gt gt Control Panel gt gt Programs You will get the following window you may get a different view than this depending on your computer settings or operating system q GJA gt Control Panel All Control Panel Items Programs and Features v gt Search Programs ang Feotures Control Panel Home Uninstall or change a program View installed updates To uninstall a program select it from the list and then click Uninstall Change or Repair ES Turn Windows features on or oit Organize Name 3 Publisher Installed On Size Version 2 Z 3EPlus V4 1 NAIMA 12 28 2011 3 86 MB 1 0 0 Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX Adobe Systems Incorporated 11 14 2011 6 00 MB 11 1 102 55 i Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 0 Adobe Systems Inc 3 21 2010 219MB 003 000 0000 BB Adobe Reader X 10 1 1 Adobe Systems Incorporated 12 26 2011 114MB 1011 a AnswerWorks Runt
2. This Main Menu will remind you why the program is called 3E Plus there s an E for Energy for Environment and for Economics Details on using the 3E Plus program will be covered in the following chapters Before moving on let s get a taste of the power of 3E Plus by working through an example problem Example Problem No 1 Insulation Thickness Calculation NOTE to Previous Users All calculations involving economic calculations have been moved to the ECONOMICS section Left click on the box at the top labeled Energy The following screen will appear 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help eo tee ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS insulation Thickness Rem ID D Item Description System Application Pipe Horizontal Dimensional Standard ASTM C 585 Rigid an Calculation Type Heat Loss Per Hour r Process Temp 850 INSULATION THICKNESS e Surface Temperatures Ambient Temp 75 0 Condensation Control Wind Speed on NPS Pipe Size g el Personnel Protection Note As is normal for Windows based software the windows used in 3E Plus may be adjusted in size to accommodate video displays and user preferences In some cases this may hide some areas of the input and or results and requires users to use the scroll bars to view all of the information available For this first example say we want to determine the minimum insulation thickness required for pe
3. divided by the annual savings yr Installed costs are highly variable and dependent on the location of the job project size and complexity local labor rates and productivity and market conditions The 3E Plus program contains an algorithm to estimate installed costs for a number of insulation materials These algorithms were originally developed under a contract from the Federal Energy Administration FEA Office of Industrial Programs However these algorithms are intended as a guide Users should supply their own estimates for installed costs if available For Example 3 we will assume the same input information as for Example 1 12 NPS pipe at 600F 90F ambient with 0 mph wind natural gas fired boiler operating 8 320 hours per year at 75 efficiency The input screen is shown below Note that the input screen has been scrolled down to reveal some new input fields for supplying the information needed to estimate installed cost Installation Complexity complex average simple or very simple addresses the labor and material cost implications of installation complexity Material Price is the cost including contractor markup of insulation material Labor Rate hr includes the base labor rate fringe benefits per diem and travel expenses and contractor markup Local Productivity Factor is a multiplier on labor costs to reflect the variation in worker productivity in percent 100 is average 120 multiplies labor cost foot by a fac
4. Process Temp 350 INSULATION THICKNESS d Surface Temperatures Ambient Temp 29 Condensation Control Wind Speed 1 5 Personnel Protection Max Surface Temp so Insulation Layers Type Base Metal _ Steel mg D 1 Insulation 200F Mineral Fiber PIPE Types Il and Ill CS47 11 Jacket Material 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service The results of the calculation show that 65 mm of Mineral Fiber PIPE Types II and III are required to keep the surface 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 15 Chapter 3 Energy temperature less than the specified 50 C and thereby offer personnel protection with metal jacketing File Edit Units Help ENERGY l ia 70 eis alae s CR INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection E Notice also that all the other units are metric such as the Surface Temp of 45 5 C and the Heat Loss of 223 70 W m 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 16 Chapter 4 Environment Chapter 4 Environmental Calculations The Environment calculations are accessed by clicking the ENVIRONMENT tab of the 3E Plus MAIN PAGE Environmental Reduction of Emissions Using 1 Layer of Insulation Material Example Problem No 1 Click on the button titled ENVIRONMENT to generate the screen shown below Input Example Problem No 1 into the
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6. Item Description box The inputs for this problem are Pipe Horizontal Fuel type Natural Gas with heat content of 1026 Btu cuft at an efficiency of 75 process temperature 600 F ambient temperature 75 F NPS Pipe Size 8 inches Wind Speed 5 mph and Hours Per Year 8320 Select steel as the base metal and 850 F Mineral Fiber Pipe Type 1 C547 with ASJ jacketing as the insulation Below is the input screen with this data entered 3E Plus v4 1 E aen File Edit Units Help ENERGY Bieta Economics __cerions Insulation Thickness tem ID 4 item Description Example Problem No 1 System Application Pipe Horizontal Dimensional Standard ASTM C585 Rigid Fuel TYPE Natural Gas x ta Tl We Heat Content 1026 BTU cuft C02 NOX amp CE REDUCTION e Emission Reduction Table Efficiency 75 Process Temp enn F Ambient Temp 75 0 w Wind Speed 5 mph Hours Per Year 3320 hrs yr NPS Pipe Size g Dis Base Metal Stee LS Insulation zen Mineral Fiber PIPE geet C547 11 After the inputs are entered click the Calculate button to generate the Report shown below 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 4 1 Chapter 4 Environment 5 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help e ENERGY ETT Economics OPTIONS tem ID 4 es ee item Description Example Problem No 1 Tees Ai Gi Se 1 d F System A
7. 125 116 125 116 111 108 108 105 103 101 100 The Economic Thickness is single layer 4 00 inches Annualized costs are presented in the third column These annualized costs are the sum of the installed insulation costs fuel costs and maintenance costs all spread over the assumed economic life of the project The minimum annualized cost for this example is 18 40 ft yr and occurs at a thickness of 4 inches single layer Payback period relative to the bare case Heat Loss Btu h ft and Surface Temperature F are given for each thickness as well Note that the Payback Period here includes all costs and is not the same as the Simple Payback Period from Example 3 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 10 Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data 3E Plus is often used to perform energy audits of insulation systems These audits or appraisals are sometimes extensive and may involve the analysis of hundreds or thousands of individual items To assist users in analysis and reporting of audit results 3E Plus includes the capability to output the results of the analysis of individual items to an audit file either a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a tab delimited text file Each item analyzed may be added as a new line item to the audit file This capability is intended to reduce the time consuming task of transferring data from the 3E Plus program to other programs for analysis a
8. 4 0 6 0 10 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 1 5 3 0 4 5 6 0 12 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 4 5 6 5 14 0 5 1 0 1 0 iS 2 0 3 0 5 0 7 0 16 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 93 2 0 a2 5 0 7 0 18 0 5 1 0 1 0 Ka 2 0 ER 5 0 7 9 20 0 5 1 0 1 0 LS 2 0 3 5 P io 24 0 5 1 0 15 1 5 2 5 E o 5 5 8 0 30 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 4 0 6 0 8 5 36 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 223 4 0 6 0 9 0 48 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 3 4 5 6 5 9 5 Insulation Thickness Required For Surface Temperature lt 120 Chapter 3 Energy DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY NO WARRANTIES THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND Refer to the full disclaimer of warranty under the help menu in the toolbar at top of the program for details 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 14 Chapter 3 Energy This Calculation Type generated the minimum insulation thicknesses required to limit the Surface Temperature to 120 F for hot service temperatures of 200 300 400 500 600 800 1000 and 1200 F for pipe sizes from 0 5 in to 48 inch NPS in all standard sized in between It is easy to save this data by simply Saving it as it is or by doing a Copy Paste of the data into an MS Word file or other type of file Surface Temperatures 1 Insulation Material Example Problem No 7 Metric Units Running a surface temperature problem or a heat loss gain problem in metric units is the same as those problems already shown The only difference is that it s in metric units Here is an example to
9. No 2 SS ECONOMIC THICKNESS Detailed Calculation 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 3 Chapter 5 Economics Click the Calculate button and the report screen should look like the following e 3E Plus v4 1 x ENVIRONMENT ICC OPTIONS a EE d Cost of Energy COST OF ENERGY SIMPLE PAYBACK PERIOD sth abet pea i OpenAudtFie 1 ECONOMIC THICKNESS pe Ee Detailed Calculation Quantity ft or ft 2 apen pt est Sms 3 60 369 2 04 209 oo 147 Si al 8 R EA CO a E ia H al b p bd in S o R T in tn o amp 3 Note that the column headings are similar to Example 1 except that the Heat Loss column is now labeled Heat Gain to reflect the direction of heat flow In this example insulating with 3 of Polystyrene insulation saves approximately 12 52 ft yr relative to the bare uninsulated case 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 4 Chapter 5 Economics SIMPLE PAYBACK PERIOD Simple Payback Period Example Problem No 3 From the Main Menu first click on ECONOMICS Next click on the SIMPLE PAYBACK PERIOD button to generate the input screen The simple payback period calculation is very similar to the Cost of Energy Calculation except that the installed cost of insulation systems is included Simple Payback Period is defined as the installed cost of a project
10. as an htm file that may be retrieved and edited at a later time It is recommended the files be stored in a job folder with a descriptive name so it may readily accessed in the future 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 6 Chapter 3 Energy Surface Temperature Up to 5 Materials Example Problem No 3 Click on the Insulation Layers Add box and the user can continue adding new insulation materials up to a total of five The user must select the appropriate input for each of the boxes on this screen The default inputs will be used in the calculations unless the user changes it The following screen shows the program set to use 3 layers 1 of Glass Fiber Felt insulation 2 of Calcium Silicate BLK PIPE 1 e block and pipe insulation 1 and a varying thickness of 1200F Mineral Fiber PIPE Insulation Jacketing will be selected as All Service Jacket ASJ The input screen should look like this 35 Plus v4 1 Edit Units Help tem ID 3 tem Description Example Problem Ne 3 INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection mmm Max Surface Temp 120 ee el Lock Thickness Thickness Calcium Silicate BLK PIPE Type 533 11 1200F Mineral Fiber PIPE Types Il and I C547 11 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 7 Chapter 3 Energy We re not recommending this combination as b
11. encounter any problems during installation retry the installation procedure If you continue to have problems please contact technical support Technical Support Technical support is available from the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association NAIMA To get support send an e mail message to 3EPlus naima org detailing the problem encountered NOTE To date all installation issues have been caused by either not following the program installation instructions the user does not have administrative rights to install software or the user s settings are not set correctly Please do not contact NAIMA until checking with your IT support 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction USING THE PROGRAM Start gt Programs gt 3EPlusv41 brings up the Main Page Z 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help Calculate ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS p e This screen has a top Menu bar containing File Edit Units and Help buttons in the upper left corner 1 Clicking on the File button creates a drop down menu with 8 choices Open Job Save Job Calculate Export Report Print Report Export User Data Import User Data and Exit d mp ran pn Clicking on the Open Job allows the User to open up a previously saved job whereas the command Save Job will allow him to save the input information for a job he s working on This enables the user to modify the information as ne
12. illustrate The first thing to do is change the units from English to SI for Standard International by going to the menu line click Units and select SI The English Inch pound units are the default units CAUTION It is important to understand that the program does all the calculations using soft metric conversions for the pipe and insulation dimensions This means when the user selects a 50mm pipe the actual dimensions the program uses for calculations are the 2 inch NPS dimensions Likewise a 25mm thickness of insulation is actually 1 inch This follows the North American Convention where building materials in Canada and Mexico for example are called 100mm are actually 4 inch products As in earlier Example Problem 1 the next step is to specify the various values for the System Application Horizontal Pipe Calculation Type Personnel Protection Process Temp 350 C Ambient Temp 20 C Pipe Size 150 mm Wind Speed 1 5 m s Max Surface Temp input 50 C approx 120 F select Steel as the base metal Mineral Fiber PIPE Types II and III C547 for the insulation and 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service for the jacket The input screen should look like the following 3E Plus v4 1 Edit Units Help ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS Te tem ID 7 ltem Description Example Problem No 7 System Application Pipe Horizontal e Dimensional Standard ASTM C 585 Rigid Y Calculation Type personnel Protection
13. value of emittance associated with that jacketing material The value of emittance is particularly important when doing any calculations where surface temperature is the design criteria namely for Personnel Protection or Condensation Control You can Add a new jacket material and insert the value of emittance you wish to use 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 6 Chapter 2 Options BASE METALS Selecting the BASE METALS button displays the list of the materials commonly used for pipes and equipment The emittance values of associated with these base materials is used to calculate the radiant component of heat transfer for bare surfaces While no base metal values may be eliminated or edited new materials may be added when desired 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help RER Oe ee os Base Metals GENERAL OPTIONS Program petaus INSULATION MATERIAL Maintenance L e BASE METALS As with INSULATION MATERIALS FUEL TYPES and JACKET MATERIALS the User can Add other base materials if the thermal conductivity and surface emittance of the materials are known 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 7 Chapter 3 Energy Chapter 3 Energy Calculations As shown in Example 1 in the Introduction the Energy Calculations are accessible from the MAIN PAGE Calculation Types available in this section include Control of the surface temperature to provide Personnel Protectio
14. 1 Silder ey R COO E 5 5 ECONOMIC ne EE 5 7 Chapter 6 Handling Audit KC EE 6 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction GETTING STARTED Program Installation If you have previous versions of 3E Plus on your computer you must e Save all user installed data available in your Options menu see Uninstalling 3E Plus below e Uninstall the previous version e Have administrator privileges On most home computers this is not an issue but many corporate business computers that are on a network have restrictions that may prevent you from downloading or installing this software Please contact your computer administrator or IT department and attempt to resolve any installation issues prior to contacting NAIMA ALL installation issues to date have been on the user end and not software related If you ve previously installed earlier versions of 3E Plus please follow the directions in the Uninstalling 3E Plus section to uninstall your current program before you run the setup program If you encounter any problems during installation retry the installation procedure NOTE To date all installation issues have been caused by either not following the program installation instructions the user does not have administrative rights to install software or the user s settings are not set correctly Please do not contact NAIMA until checking with your IT support If you continue to have problems please contact tech
15. 3 3EPlus publisher You should only num software from publishers you trust GI This file does not have a valid digital signature that verties its How can decide what software to run 11 Click Run to initiate the Setup Wizard 12 Follow the Instructions in the Setup Wizard to Install 3E Plus V4 1 13 When the Installation has completed you will see the following x dl 3EPlus V4 1 Installation Complete 3EPlus 4 1 has been successtully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the NET Framework Close X 14 Click Close to complete the installation 15 The 3E Plusv41 program should now appear on your Programs Menu 16 Start the 3E Plus program by clicking Start gt gt Programs gt gt 3E Plusv41 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 17 On initial startup a registration box will appear Please take the time to register this software While failing to registering will not change the functionality you will be reminded each time you use the software and must wait ten seconds to proceed To register please send your email address to ccotreliinaima org When you receive your access code simply enter your email Register Later OK 18 The access code is 3EPlus4 1 case sensitive no spaces Enter the Access Code and left click on OK 19 The 3E Plus
16. NAIMA NORTH AMERICAN INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION A User Guide el Version 4 1 C EE gd Ak EE Insulation Thickness Computer Program FEATURES Able to retain user installed data New user interface when updating the program Improved report formats Contains updated thermal data for m Calculates in both metric insulation materials and inch pound units Exports data to spreadsheets for further analysis Ability to add custom fuels Calculates multiple Automatically calculates thickness tables insulation layers Simple payback calculations Calculates The Savings For A Range of Insulation Thicknesses Energy Savings e Economic Savings e Environmental Savings www Pipelnsulation org NAIMA NORTH AMERICAN INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION 3E Plus Version 4 1 Users Guide August 2012 Table of Contents EREM EE 1 1 Gerne C E WEE 1 1 SVS eP OE N EE 1 9 Chapter 2 OPTIONS Renee e E EEE Ei 2 1 EE ae E EE 2 2 S CH 2 5 VAC TU EE 2 6 E EE EE 2 7 Chapter 3 Energy Calculations ccccccccccsssccccessececsesecccceuecceseusececauseceseeeeceeseesecesseeceseegeceesensecesseneceseuneceesenes 3 1 SU eS Eu 3 1 NC le TEE 3 11 Chapter 4 Environmental Calculations cccccccccsssecccceseccceesececeenececceeeceeceeseceseeececseneceeseneeessuecetsugesetsenes 4 1 Chapter 5 Economic Calculations zeegt deed deeg dere eiegereugdere 5 1 CO EE EEN 5
17. NERGY mee ENVIRONMENT f Economics qi INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection Mav Giirfare Temm 14 Layer 1 4 1 0 5 1 0 1 5 This second row shows the results for Layer 1 The results show that the Surface Temp would be 169 9 F if only the 4 0 inch layer of the 1200 F Mineral Fiber Pipe insulation were installed on the pipe Adding the second layer of insulation the surface temperature will decrease incrementally as shown for thicknesses up to 10 0 inches To reduce the surface temperature below 120 F requires an additional 5 inches of 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type 1 C547 insulation Note that the program also checks the Process Temperature against the maximum recommended upper temperature limit for the insulation material selected If the Process Temperature exceeds the upper limit an error message will appear on the screen The calculations may still be performed but the user is cautioned that a problem exists with the choice of the insulation material for the given conditions For multi layer situations an Interface Temperature calculation should be performed to verify acceptability of the design The user may generate a printout and or save the results by clicking on the File button on the menu bar Clicking on Print initiates the printing Clicking on Export Report generates the Save As box and allows users to save a copy of the printed report
18. S of j D L D Saye vorh W VV NIM org System Info 7 Click OK to get back to the Main Page You are now ready to run 3E Plus 4 1 F MP el ad te Cii Lea 3 leig a ee RR RER RE SC 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 5 Uninstalling 3E Plus Chapter 1 Introduction If you are installing a new version of 3E Plus it is important to uninstall any previous versions that may be on your computer To uninstall the 3E Plus program follow these steps to make sure all components are uninstalled If you have entered user defined materials in your previous version of 3E Plus you will want to save that information so that it may be reentered in the new version For 3E Plus versions 4 0 and earlier this may be done by navigating to the Options section of the program selecting the user defined materials from Insulation Materials Fuels Types Jacket Materials and or Base Metals and using Print Screen or a screen capture program to preserve the data previously entered For 3E Plus version 4 1 and later this process has been automated On the File Menu select Export User Data A Save File dialog box will open to allow specifying the name and location where user data will reside Save File Ka ju e Documents My Documents 3EPlus Loch TL gtesereie se ee eee Organize e New folder TY Favorites Documents library Desktop JEP lus P Downloads Dropbox
19. Type 1 C547 insulation note that the materials are all listed in ascending order of their ASTM specification number The results will only be generated for a single thickness of the Inner Layer which we will input as 4 0 inches of 1200 F Mineral Fiber Pipe The outer layer 850 F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type 1 C547 insulation will be allowed to vary This is done with the third column called Lock Thickness Lock the inner layer to have only a 4 thickness and allow the outer layer to vary in 0 5 increments The input screen should appear as shown below Z 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help SS u e E KR INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection Insulation Thickness tem ID gt item Description Example Problem No 2 Sytner Calculation Type Personnel Protection Process Temp 1200 Ambient Temp 75 0 Wind Speed 5 Max Surface Temp 120 a rs v Fase Metal 1200F Mineral Fiber PIPE Types Il and Ill CS47 11 1 Insulation 2 Insulation em Mineral Fiber PIPE Type CS47 11 Jacket Material 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service e E D e C a m 4 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 5 Chapter 3 Energy Click Calculate to generate the Personnel Protection results for the use of two insulation materials The screen will look like this 3E Plus v4 1 File Edt Units Help E
20. al semus benm OOOO o Calculation Type Personnel Protection X Process Temp enn OPTIONS INSULATION THICKNESS b anhaa Surface Temperatures Ambient Temp 90 Condensation Control een Sl Personnel Protection Wind Speed on Max Surface Temp 120 Insulation Layers 8 Type Name Base Metal Steel 1 insulation zem Mineral Fiber PIPE Type CS47 07 Jacket Material 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service When the Personnel Protection is selected a box is provided for the user to input the maximum allowable surface temperature Once the inputs are entered click Calculate to generate the Report shown below Note the minimum insulation thickness required to keep the jacket temperature below the desired temperature of 120 F is highlighted in grey The user may need to use the scroll bar to find the highlighted line as shown 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 2 INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection Surface Temp CEP Heat Loss BTU hr ft economies A 597 5 7455 00 308 2 4 1032 00 236 3 OPTIONS Ee Chapter 3 Energy gt E SESCH Environment E ZN Saree d Ki The User will note that there are columns labeled Surface Temp F Heat Loss BTU hr ft and Efficiency For the Bare case note that the temperature is n
21. ard whether it is Activated for use or not True means that it is Active False means that it is Inactive Created by either System or User the type or class of the insulation material and the Max Temp Limit for the material The section in the upper right hand corner displays the corresponding pairs of temperature thermal conductivity values used to represent the thermal performance of the selected material The user may notice that the ASTM values for thermal conductivity are typically higher than those reported by manufacturers of materials that comply with these particular standards This is typical as the ASTM material standards specify maximum values of thermal conductivity allowable If you wish to use values for a specific commercially available insulation material thermal data may be available from insulation manufacturers or from test data reported in the literature Add a New Insulation Material to the Program Use the ADD button to generate the Add Edit Insulation Material box Add Edi naulata Materia Se Next give a name to the insulation material which is different than S s the generic names in the program Second add the Maximum and Minimum service temperatures supplied by the manufacturer ot ices Third select True for Active Finally supply at least 3 pairs of Max Temp Min Temp temperature conductivity data over the temperature range of True sl interest General Information Conductivity Data Type Na
22. ay be added to the fuel library as well As would be expected the greater the insulation thickness the greater the reduction in polluting gasses Hence 4 0 inches will reduce the CO emissions to 241 7 Ibs foot year from 295 6 lbs foot year for only 3 0 inches of mineral fiber pipe insulation The user may generate a printout and or save these results by clicking on the File button on the menu bar It is strongly recommended that the files be stored in a job folder Take care to select a descriptive name so that it may readily accessed in the future Click on the Back button to exit this screen and return to the Emission Reduction Input screen The user may select another set of inputs and repeat the operations above 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 4 2 Chapter 5 Economics Chapter 5 Economic Calculations The ECONOMICS button on the MAIN PAGE allows access to three calculations 1 Cost of Energy 2 Simple Payback Period 3 Economic Thickness Detailed Calculation COST OF ENERGY Cost of Energy Example Problem No 1 From the Main Menu first click on ECONOMICS Next click on the COST OF ENERGY button to generate the input screen 3E Plus v4 1 tem ID 4 tem Description cost of Energy Example No 3 Detailed Calculation 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 1 Chapter 5 Economics For this example we have assumed a 12 NPS horizontal steel pipe operatin
23. cessary The Calculate item instructs the program to perform calculations same as the Calculate Button The Export Report item exports a report in htm Format The Print Report item generates a printed report The Export User Data selection writes user supplied data custom conductivity data or other to a file for later use The Import User Data selection reads user supplied data custom conductivity data or other Clicking on the Exit button terminates the application Clicking on the Edit Button creates a drop down menu with 2 choices Save as Default or Load Defaults The default values are the input values that load on start up The user may use these features to save time when doing repetitive analyses on common materials and systems 3 Left clicking on Units allows the User to select Inch Pound I P units or SI or System International which is the accepted system of metric units The default setting 1s inch pound I P units 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 9 Chapter 1 Introduction 4 Clicking on the Help button generates a drop down menu with two Choices Disclaimer and About a Clicking on Disclaimer brings up the same Disclaimer you have already seen b Clicking on the About button generates the About screen which identifies the program version sponsor Web address Copyright Clicking on the OK box returns the user to the Main Menu When this screen is closed the user is returned to the Main Menu
24. d you keep shared files by clicking Keep unless you re absolutely sure no other program is using them After the program is uninstalled you may be notified depending on your operating system that some components could not be removed This isn t a problem All the uninstall program is telling you is there are files e g your personal configuration info saved economics jobs in the program directory which weren t part of the original installation Since the uninstall program doesn t know what to do with them it notifies you so you can take care of them After the program is uninstalled you can delete the 3E Plus directory if you have no use for the extra files Uninstall should complete after you answer the aforementioned dialog and you should see the following notification Click OK Click OK in the confirmation dialog and the program will return to the same dialog shown in step 2 except 3E Plus Vx x has been removed from the list 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 7 Chapter 1 Introduction Network Users This version of 3E Plus will not work on a network file server You can print to a network printer but the program must be resident on the user s PC in to obtain correct operation Installation Problems When the setup program is initialized setup cannot install system files or update if they are in use Before proceeding it is strongly recommended you close any applications you may be running If you
25. densation Control Wind Speed 10 Personnel Protection Max Surface Temp 120 Click on the Calculate and a box shown below will appear for approximately 10 seconds 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 13 After completing the calculations a table which looks like this NAIMA 3E Plus 4 1 Company Name Address City State Zip Phone Number Item ID 5 Item Description Example Problem No 5 System Application Pipe Horizontal Dimensional Standard ASTM C 585 Rigid Calculation Type Insulation Thickness Table Ambient Temperature 80 Wind Speed 10 Max Surface Temp 120 Bare Metal Steel Bare Surface Emittance 0 8 Insulation Layer 1 1200F Mineral Fiber PIPE Types II and III C547 11 9 955 Outer Jacket Material Aluminum oxidized in service Outer Surface Emittance 0 1 Size 200 F 300 F 400 F 500 F 600 F 800 F 1000 F 1200 F os 05 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 BD 0 75 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 1 25 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 iS ud i is 05 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 15 25 335 2 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 dech 3 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 4 0 35 OS 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 La 2 0 3 0 4 5 4 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 5 3 5 5 0 6 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 LS 2 5 3 5 5 0 7 0 5 0 5 1 0 K iw 25 3 5 e is 8 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 LS y 4 0 rs 9 0 5 0 5 1 0 L is 2 3
26. e Condensation Control z Process Temp 49 J y INSULATION THICKNESS e y Surface Temperatures Ambient Temp 90 Condensation Control Wind Speed 0 Personnel Protection OG NPS Pipe Size 4 Condensation Data Wet Bulb Temp o Relative Humidity Base Metal _ Steel Insulation 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type C547 11 Jacket Material 0 9 PVC Jacketing mm i 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 9 Chapter 3 Energy After clicking on the Calculate box your screen should look like this 3E Plus v4 1 ENVIRONMENT economics f opmons INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection Notice the insulation thickness of 1 5 inches is highlighted in gray indicating that this is the minimum thickness to achieve condensation control At this thickness the Surface Temp is 86 2 F which is above the dew point of 84 9 F Since 86 0 gt 84 9 condensation should not occur on the surface with 1 5 inches of pipe insulation with 0 9 PVC Jacket Notice with only 1 inch of insulation the calculated Surface Temperature is predicted to be 84 1 F but that 84 1 lt 86 0 the Dew point so this does not meet the criteria for condensation control under these conditions Hence with only 1 0 inches of insulation condensation would likely occur The condensation control th
27. e length with an efficiency of 97 88 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 14 Chapter 1 Introduction The efficiency here is defined as the percent reduction in heat loss and is calculated by dividing the Heat Loss through 7 0 inches of insulation 297 10 Btu hr ft by the Heat Loss for the Bare pipe 14020 00 Btu hr ft you get 0 0212 Multiply by 100 to convert this to 2 12 and then subtract from 100 00 to get 97 88 This is the Efficiency of the insulated pipe with 7 0 inches of mineral fiber insulation compared to the heat loss from a bare pipe with no insulation at all under the same conditions 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 15 Chapter 2 Options Chapter 2 Options There are five options available under the button labeled Options 1 General Options 2 Insulation Material 3 Fuel Types 4 Jacket Material 5 Base Metals The General Options provides the opportunity for the User to add information about himself name company s name address phone number This information is simply repeated in any printed reports Option 2 Insulation Material gives the User the opportunity to supply thermal conductivity data for insulation materials that are not preloaded in the library Option 3 Fuel Types gives the User the opportunity to edit or add other fuels Option 4 Jacket Material gives the User the opportunity to define other jacketing materials in addition to those provided b
28. early the same as the process temperature and the heat loss is approximately 11 times greater than the same pipe with 1 of insulation 7455 664 70 11 2 Heat Loss BTUshrift This program also checks that the Process Temperature is within the range of upper and lower temperature limits for the insulation material selected If the Process Temperature exceeds the material limits either above or below a warning message will appear The calculations may still be performed but the User is cautioned when a possible problem exists with the choice of the insulation material for the given conditions 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 3 Chapter 3 Energy The user may generate a printout and or save these results by clicking on the File button on the menu bar 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help Open Job Save Job Calculate Export Report Print Report Export User Data Import User Data Exit Clicking on Save Job opens the Save Menu Save Job saves the input information used to a file so it can be retrieved at a later time It is recommended that the files be stored in a job folder with a descriptive name so that it may readily be accessed in the future Click on the lt Back button to exit the report screen and return to the Insulation Thickness input screen The User may select another set of inputs and repeat the operations above or select the Environment Econom
29. ed in service Ka 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 11 Chapter 3 Energy Click the Calculate box and scroll through the different insulation thicknesses and 2 0 inches which is highlighted in gray is the minimum thickness to limit the heat loss to a maximum of 8 Btu h sq ft At that thickness the Heat Loss is predicted to be 7 8 Btu h sq ft which is less than the maximum allowable of 8 Btu h sq ft e 3E Plus v4 1 Je EE ke D INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection bk 3E Plus Version 4 1 User e Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 12 Chapter 3 Energy Insulation Thickness Table for Max Surface Temp Example Problem No 6 For Example Problem No 6 click the Back box and then change the system application from a vertical flat surface to a horizontal pipe For Calculation Type select Insulation Thickness Table Change the insulation type to 1200 F Mineral Fiber PIPE Types II and HI C547 and a max surface temperature of 120 F Note although there is a place to input the process temperature the program will automatically conduct the calculations at 200 F through 1200 F in 100 F increments The input screen will look like this g 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help E Zia emm bn D s item Description Example Problem No 5 INSULATION THICKNESS e 3 Surface Temperatures Ambient Temp go Con
30. eing practical but simply are illustrating the capabilities of 3E Plus V4 1 The next screen shows what the output would look like after you click on Calculate 3E Plus v4 1 INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection Layer 1 1 1 Layer 2 2 1 Economics OPTIONS D e Click on the lt Back button to exit this screen and return to the Input screen The User may select another set of inputs and repeat the operations above or return to the INSULATION THICKNESS menu 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 8 Chapter 3 Energy Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Example Problem No 4 Example Problem No 4 below is a condensation control design problem With a 4 inch NPS horizontal chilled water pipe operating at 40 F in a 90 F ambient with 85 relative humidity and no wind We ll select an insulation material of 850 F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type 1 C547 and PVC jacketing over it for protection Note that here we chose to input relative humidity in by selecting the appropriate button The program calculates the dew point temperature of 84 9 F we also have the option of supplying dew point or wet bulb temperature The input screen for this example should look like this 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help RES usage economics opnons t Rem ID 4 tem Description Example Problem No 4 Seem kt Calculation Typ
31. es it easy to copy and paste the data from the audit file into the NIA spreadsheet l Copy the data in columns A through Z with as many rows as desired 2 Switch to the NIA spreadsheet and select columns A through Z and the same number of rows as copied 3 Right click to display the paste options and select the paste values option This will copy the data from the audit file into the NIA spreadsheet and retain the formatting in the NIA spreadsheet 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 5 Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data Append to Audit Example Problem No 2 Excel Not Installed If the user does not have Microsoft Excel installed the Append to Audit function will append results to a tab delimited text file The process is the same as demonstrated in Example 1 the report screen is reproduced below with the Quantity input and 3 thickness selected g 3E Plus v4 1 cm mees ENERGY environment f ECONOMIC THICKNESS Detailed __ Detailed Calculation New Audit File Open Existing Audit File 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 6 Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data As before selecting New Audit File and clicking OK generates the Save As dialog box Since Excel is not available the audit file will be a text file with the file extension txt The user is asked to name the file we will accept the default name NewAudi
32. f Virginia Use of the 3E Plus program for an assessment of the economic thickness guidelines for all insulations does not ensure or guarantee compliance with any energy code in your geographic location Consult local authorities before finalizing your installation plans The use 20 After reviewing this disclaimer you may choose to uncheck the Show At Startup box GAR The Main Page will then appear and you may begin using the 3EPlus program 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 3E Plus 4 1 Verification To verify the program has been properly installed the correct version please follow these directions l 2 Start the 3E Plus computer program by clicking Start gt gt Programs gt gt 3E Plusv41 The disclaimer window will appear clear the check in the show at start up box unless you want to review this every time the program starts Left click on OK If the Access Code window appears enter the access code 3EPlusv4 1 that was sent in your registration confirmation e mail Without the access code you will be required to wait 10 seconds every time the program is started Otherwise left click Register Later Once the program is running click Help gt gt About You should see the following information box The important part is Version 4 1 3E Plus Version 4 1 32 bit Build 13698 44 Canal Plaza Suite 310 Alexandria VA 22314 A
33. g at 600 F and insulated with a single layer of 850 F Mineral Fiber PIPE insulation The jacketing is 0 9 emittance ASJ jacketing Ambient air temperature is 90 F with 0 mph wind We have also assumed that heat is supplied via a natural gas fired boiler operating 8 320 hours per year 95 of the year at an average efficiency of 75 Cost of natural gas is assumed to be 5 thousand cubic feet Mcf After clicking on the Calculate button the report screen should look like this Jee El 3E Plus v4 1 eg File Edit Units Help ECONOMIC THICKNESS Detailed Calculation Heat Loss kBTU ftlyr 62020 The User will note there is a column labeled Cost ft yr which is the operating cost per foot of pipe length per year The next column is labeled Heat Loss kBtu ft yr which is the annual heat loss per foot of pipe length in thousands of Btu ft yr The third column is the labeled Savings ft yr which is the annual savings in operating cost relative to the Bare case For the Bare case there is no savings since that is the reference case At 3 inches of insulation there is a savings of 386 34 ft yr which is the difference in operating cost between the 3 thickness and the bare case 403 01 16 67 386 34 Note that this cost of energy calculation assumes that all of the heat lost through the insulation system must be rep
34. ickness is the thickness which yields a surface temperature of at least 0 75 F greater than the dew point temperature 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 10 Heat Flow Chapter 3 Energy Heat Flow Limitation Example Problem No 5 For Example Problem No 5 consider the case of using 3E Plus to determine the minimum insulation thickness required to meet a particular heat flow limitation This problem is to determine the minimum required thickness of Polystyrene Board Type IV C 578 covered with Aluminum oxidized lagging on a flat vertical surface of a tank containing a fluid at 10 F The ambient conditions are 80 F and 10 mph of wind We want to limit the heat gain to 8 Btu h sq ft Under the Calculation Type select Heat Flow Limitation as the type of problem Next select the System Application as Flat Surface Vertical and input the Process Temp Ambient Temp Wind Speed and Heat Flow Limit The input screen should look like this 3E Plus v4 1 k INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection File Edit Units Help L oer KA ke Insulation Thickness tem ID 5 ltem Description Example Problem No 5 Calculation Type Heat Flow Limitation Process Temp 49 Ambient Temp g0 Wind Speed 40 Heat Flow Limit g BTUshrift 2 Steel 1 Insulation Polystyrene BOARD Type IV CS78 11b Jacket Material 0 1 Aluminum oxidiz
35. ics or Options buttons Surface Temperatures 2 Layers Example Problem No 2 3E Plus has the capability to have more than one layer of insulation material Let us say that our pipe temperature is now 1200 F We still want to use as much of the 850 F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type 1 C547 as possible However it is limited to 850 F service temperature and our pipe is operating at 1200 F Therefore one option is to have an inner layer consisting of a higher temperature rated insulation such 1200 F Mineral Fiber Pipe Type II ASTM C547 and the outer layer of 850 F Mineral Fiber insulation To evaluate insulating with two different layers do the following Click on the Back button in the upper left corner of your screen to take you back to the input page First designate this as Example Problem No 2 Next change the Process Temp to 1200 F Also change the Ambient Temperature to 75 F and the Wind Speed to 5 mph Keep the Personnel Protection option and leave the Max Surf Temp criteria as 120 F 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 4 Chapter 3 Energy Then click on the Add box below the Insulation Layers This adds another drop down menu for insulation materials The first material which is the inner layer will already be the 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type 1 C547 insulation that you last used Change the inner layer to 1200F Mineral Fiber Pipe Type II C547 and the outer layer to be the 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE
36. ime 3 13 2010 Apple Application Support Apple Inc 11 5 2011 611 MB 215 Apple Mobile Device Support Apple Inc 11 29 2011 244MB 40 0 97 vy Apple Software Update Apple Inc 6 22 2011 225MB 21 3127 E ASUSUpdate 3 12 2010 57 AviSynth 2 5 5 23 2010 Di Bing Bar Microsoft Corporation 3 24 2011 244 M 7 0 609 0 Bonjour Apple Inc 11 5 2011 1 46 MB 3 0 0 10 A Canon Easy PhotoPrint EX 1 22 2011 Zi Canon MP600 1 22 2011 Si Canon My Printer 1 22 2011 Ge Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system Microsoft Corporation 12 15 2011 131 MB 12 0 6425 1000 Coupon Printer for Windows Coupons com Incorporated 7 28 2010 5 0 0 0 Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows 1 24 Western Digital Corporation 9 13 2011 1 54 MB Right click on the 3E Plus Vx x program it is usually at the very top of the list and left click Uninstall NOTE If you see more than one listing of 3E Plus if you ve installed the program more than once This may or may not be an issue If you select one and uninstall doesn t work try the other one in the list Unless you know how to edit and it s highly recommended you don t your Windows registry you won t be able to remove the item from the list It s not a problem but it can be confusing Once you click Add Remove a dialog box will appear and you will be prompted to confirm your intentions Click Yes to uninstall the program Next you may see the Shared File prompt It s strongly suggeste
37. ing cost CO emissions and NO emissions are reported In this example the inventoried case is Bare and the upgraded case is 3 inches Q R 5 T U V W x Y Z AA Inventorie Heat Loss Cost Inven CO2 Inven NOx Inven Upgraded Heat Loss Cost Upgr CO2 Upgre NOx Upgraded Bare 62020 403 01 9636 255 19 32791 3 2565 16 6 398 5326 0 799357 The user can minimize the audit spreadsheet analyze another item using 3E Plus and append that item to the audit file in a like manner The new item will be added below the first item as shown below A B C D E F G H J K L IM N O P 1 ID Descriptio Fuel Base Meta Insulation Jacket Geometry Fuel Efficie Hours Per BTU Fuel Cost Process Te Ambient T Wind Spee Pipe Size Insulation 2 1 Append to Natural G Steel 850F Mine All Service Pipe Hori 79 8320 1026 5 600 90 0 12 25 3 2 Append to Natural Ge Steel 850F Mine All Service Pipe Hori 75 8320 1026 5 600 90 0 8 12 A For item 2 all of the input items were the same except the pipe size was 8 NPS and the length of run was 12 feet The user can repeat this process to build an audit file containing all of the items identified during the audit or appraisal The Excel audit file may be modified to include additional information e g installed cost estimates analyze results or generate reports as desired For users that have the NIA Insulation Energy Appraisal Program spreadsheets the data columns are arranged in the exact order as the spreadsheets which mak
38. l file This action displays the following message to indicate that the identified data has been transferred to the audit file The data for this run has been added to the audit worksheet The user may repeat the process for as many items as desired keeping in mind that each time the Append To Audit button is clicked a new row is added to the Excel spreadsheet 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 4 Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data Switch to the open the Microsoft Excel window from the task bar or open it from the folder if you saved it the default location is My Documents 3EPlus Row 1 is a header row populated with column labels The data for Item Number 1 has been entered in Row 2 immediately below the header row Columns A through O of the spreadsheet simply repeat the input information which was used by 3E Plus for this item Column P is the Quantity value input in the Append to Audit process 25 ft for this example A B C D E F G H l J K L PM N O p 1 ID Descriptio Fuel Base Meta Insulation Jacket Geometry Fuel Efficie Hours Per BTU Fuel Cost Process Te Ambient T Wind Spee Pipe Size Insulation 2 1 Append to Natural G Steel 850F Mine All Service Pipe Hori 75 8320 1026 5 600 90 0 12 25 Columns Q through Z are the results of the 3E Plus calculation with the inventoried case listed first Columns Q through U followed by the Upgraded case next columns V through Z For each case heat loss operat
39. laced by the energy source in this example the natural gas fired boiler In some applications the heat loss through the insulation system may be beneficial e g consider a hot water distribution system within a building during the heating season In other situations additional energy costs may need to be expended to remove the lost heat e g a hot water distribution system within a building during the cooling season In these situations the calculated results will need to be adjusted accordingly 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 2 Chapter 5 Economics Cost of Energy Example Problem No 2 For this example we will use the COST OF ENERGY calculation to estimate the savings associated with insulating chilled water distribution piping for a cooling system Assume a 20 NPS horizontal steel pipe operating at 42 F insulated with a single layer of Polystyrene PIPE insulation Type IV C578 and covered with PVC jacketing Ambient conditions are 80 F air with 1 mph wind We will also assume that heat gain to the piping system is removed by an electric driven chiller operating 4 400 hours per year at an average coefficient of performance COP of 3 0 or an efficiency of 300 Average cost of electricity is assumed to be 0 10 kWh Using these assumptions the input screen will look like this JE Plus v4 1 Edt Units Help tem ID 4 tem Description Cost of Energy Example
40. me 9 Paired Data Generic j Fiber Glass For example to add a material which called Generic Insulation Paired Data Points you must have at least three pairs of temperature thermal Pase entor at east 3 paks Geier and conductivity data Let us assume that these pairs are as follows gt Temp CF Conductivity Temp F Thermal Conductivity 2 2 Btu in hr ft F 4 5 200 0 39 e 400 0 56 7 600 0 74 G 9 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 2 Chapter 2 Options Assuming this Generic Insulation has a maximum use temperature of 1200 F and a minimum use temperature of 0 F input the values as shown in the following diagram Add Edit Insulation Material gf General Information Name Generic Insulation Has Temp Min Temp 1200 0 Generic Fiber Glass Paired Data Points Please enter at least 3 pairs of mean temperature and Temp F Conductivity 200 0 39 400 0 56 600 H 2 3 4 5 6 F G 9 1 Conductivity Data Type 9 Paired Data E Polynomial The next step is to fill in the spaces with the appropriate information Select the Paired Data option unless you have an equation rather than temperature conductivity data as shown above Note this example uses 3 pairs of temperature thermal conductivity data for the Generic Insulation although there are spaces for ten pairs of data Next click on the Apply button This makes Ge
41. n in hot service Control of surface temperature so as to control Condensation in cold service Control of Heat loss Heat gain per unit outer surface area based on some maximum allowable value Calculation of Interface Temperatures at various locations within the insulation assembly Calculation of Heat Loss Heat Gain either per hour or per year and finally Generation of insulation thickness tables for control of surface temperature SURFACE TEMPERATURES From the Main Menu first click on Energy The use of a single insulation material on a surface is most common Two layers on a surface apply to applications such as Retrofit when a new insulation is to be applied over insulation already in place or for new installations where multilayer applications are desired There may be very rare cases where the job requirements may need three or more different insulations on the surface There may be occasions when tabular presentations are helpful to evaluate surface temperatures over a range of service temperatures Click on the box that describes the calculation type LA ee Se ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS ee Surface Temperatures Personnel Protection 1 Insulation Material Example Problem No 1 Click on the ENERGY box of the Main Menu that opens up the screen with a calculation type option to select Personnel Protection Condensation Control Heat Flow Limitation Interface Temperature Heat Loss Per Year Heat L
42. nd to reduce the possibility of errors when manually transferring data Append to Audit Example Problem No 1 Excel Installed From the Main Menu click ECONOMICS then COST OF ENERGY to generate the input screen shown below 15 x PA 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help h Sg ch Insulation Thickness EFCONODMI S ane i E 7 wh Item Description Append to Audit Example Problem 1 Dro E Ze LO Dimensional Standard ASTM C 585 Rigid D system Application Pipe Horizontal D Fuel Type Natural Gas sl COST OF ENERGY Heat Content T026 BTU cuft e e emm Fuel Cost Dr Mef SIMPLE PAYBACK PERIOD Efficiency eS o Process Temp feoo E _ ECONOMIC THICKNESS e o Detailed Calculation Ambient Temp o O F Wind Speed bis mph Hours Per Year B320 hrsAyr NPS Fipe Size 12 Di in Insulation Layers Add Delete Lock Thickne Thickne This example uses same input information as Example Problem 1 from Chapter 5 12 NPS horizontal pipe operating at 600 F insulated with 850 F Mineral Fiber Pipe Insulation with ASJ jacketing ambient temperature of 90 F with 0 mph wind speed a natural gas fired boiler at 75 efficiency and cost of gas at 5 Mcf For the purposes of this example it is assumed that the item is a 25 foot length of pipe with missing insulation that has been identified as a part of the energy audit It is proposed to install insulation on this pi
43. neric Insulation as well as any of the System supplied materials available for your calculations It is only possible to Edit the data for User supplied materials You cannot Edit Conductivity Maximum Temp or Minimum Temp for any of the System materials which come preinstalled with the program since those values are established by the particular referenced ASTM material standard 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 3 Chapter 2 Options Display a List of Insulation Materials Scrolling to the bottom of the insulation material list you will see the new material which was just added Notice that in the upper right hand corner of the screen are the three pairs of temperature conductivity data just added Notice also that you can scroll back through the entire list of available insulation materials and check the data used for those materials T 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help JACKET MATERIAL GENERAL OPTIONS Program Defaults INSULATION MATERIAL Maintenance FUEL TYPES Material Name Active ENERGY f Environment f economics NNEC SI Insulation Material Row Temperature Conductivi a 200 0 39 2 400 jose Created By Type Polystyrene PIPE Type XII CS78 07 True System 3 600 0 74 Polystyrene BOARD Type IV C578 07 True System PIR Gr 1 Types and Il CS91 07 True System PIR Gr 2 Type IV C591 07 T
44. nical support at 3EPlus naima org This program is named 3E Plus V4 1 and can be downloaded from this Website www pipeinsulation org The default location for program installation is C Program Files NAIMA 3EPlusV4 1 Itis highly recommended the user use this default location l Go to www pipeinsulation org on the Internet 2 Click on the button Download Free Software Now to navigate to the registration page Download Free Software Now 3 Follow the instructions to register or re register the program 4 When registration is complete you will be directed to the 3E Plus Download Page oF Follow the instructions on that page and then left click on Click Here to Download the 3E Plus Installer 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 6 You will see the File Download dialog box File Download Do you want to open or save this file A Name SEPlus V4 1 Installer 8 2313 Type Compressed zipped Folder 2 13MB From miail attachment googleusercontent com Open Se IL Gei i Seu While files from the Intemet can be useful some files can potentially gd ham your computer F you do not trust the source do not open or save this file What s the risk d Click on Save to save the install folder to your hard drive and the Save As dialog box will appear e Save As Do D Documents My Documents gt 3EPlus v Search 3EPlus Organize New folde
45. off by selecting the material clicking on the Activate button and thereby changing True to False This option is useful in eliminating from view those insulation materials not routinely used thereby shortening the viewed list thereby making the program more user friendly However should you ever wish to use those deactivated materials simply change False back to True 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 4 FUEL TYPES Chapter 2 Options Click on Fuel Types and you will see a new screen When you do select one of the fuels For illustration purposes we ll select the first one on the list namely Natural Gas wt Mae em e File Edit Units Help ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS GENERAL OPTIONS Program Defaults INSULATION MATERIAL Maintenance Fuel Name FUEL TYPES 2 Oil True 3 LPG True e JACKET MATERIAL Lk ZP BASE METALS System System System System System Active CreatedBy Cost 1 eee True 5 00 2 50 2 20 50 00 0 10 Cost Units BTU S Mcf 1026 S gal 138700 S gal 86310 Ston 12500 Sikwh 3412 BTU Units Btu cuft Btu gal Btu gal Btu Ib Btu kwh d DW Several common fuels come preinstalled by the SYSTEM and appear with True under the Active column The default cost of those fuels is shown in the Cost column The Cost Units used are indicated in the next column For natural gas the default cost is 5 Mcf tho
46. oss Per Hour or Insulation Thickness Table These choices are shown on the following screen image File Edit Units Help i Sect J Calculate ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS l T TANN 1 insulation Thickness e tem ID Example Problem No 1 item Description System Application pipe Horizontal System Units ASTM C585 Calculation Type personnel Pro Process Temp TS Condensation Control Surface Temperatures GEES Heat Flow Limitation Condensation Control NPS Pipe Size Personnel Protection INSULATION THICKNESS Interface Temperatures Wind Speed Heat Loss Per Year Heat Loss Per Hour Max Surface Temp insulation Thickness Table The User must select the appropriate input for each of the boxes on this screen The default inputs will be used in the 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 3 1 Chapter 3 Energy calculations unless the user changes it Drop down menus appear for the boxes with Down Arrows on the right side Click on the appropriate Down Arrow point to the desired input and click on it The boxes on the right side of this screen require selection of the appropriate inputs for Process Temperature Ambient Temperature and Wind Speed Other named boxes may appear depending on the calculation type or inputs selected 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help ENVIRONMENT economics ff e item ID Example Problem No 1 BC System Application Pipe Horizont
47. pe W C591 07 MF Metal Mesh BLANKET Type Il C592 04 Perlite BLOCK PIPE C610 07 450F MF BOARD Type IB 0512 04 850F MF BOARD Type ll C612 04 1000F MF BOARD Type Ill 612 04 1200F MF BOARD Type MWB C612 04 1200F MF BOARD Type W C612 04 High Temp Fiber Blanket Gr 6 C892 05 Glass Fiber Felt C1086 S6 2004 Phenolic Sheet TUBE Gr 1 Type ll and Ill C1126 04 650F Min Fiber Pipe and Tank Type ll C1393 00a 850F Min Fiber Pipe and Tank Type IIB C1293 00a 1000F Min Fiber Pipe and Tank Type WB C1393 00a Melamine PIPE FLAT C1410 05a Polyolefin SHT TUBE C1427 04 Polyimide Type C1482 04 Duct Wrap 0 75 s C1290 1200F Mineral Fiber PIPE K ren l and Il Le En 1000F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type W CS47 07 Cellular Glass Type BLOCK C552 07 Cellular Glass Type ll PIPE and Tube CS52 07 450F MF BLANKET Type Il C553 02 6S0F MF BLANKET Type W C553 02 1000F MF BLANKET Type W C553 02 1200F MF BLANKET Type Vil 0553 02 Finally go the third drop down menu for Jacket Material to select the 0 1 emissivity Aluminum oxidized weathered jacketing GOOF Mineral Fiber PIPE Type 547 11 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service Next perform a calculation by clicking on the Calculate box on the upper left Before doing so the screen should look like this 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 3E Plus v4 1 Bix ENVIRONMENT f Economics L op
48. pe to reduce both energy costs and CO emissions 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 1 Chapter 6 Clicking Calculate displays the report screen Pa 3E Plus DI Fie Edt Units Help ECONOMICS Handling Audit Data OPTIONS Hem ID item Description Lal N n E System Application Dimensional Standard Fuel Type Heat Content Fuel Cost 5 00 Open Audit i ECONOMIC THICKNESS Detailed Calculation Quantity ft ort2 Variable jasutotien HeatLoss Savings Cost Thickness Dr Tumor GH ETC o Te Te Cap i se a EE Cas T me e E Das EE Ce se u Tess Append To Audit The auditor is proposing to insulate this line with 3 of insulation As seen in the report screen it is estimated that 3 will save approximately 386 34 ft yr in fuel costs relative to the bare case To append this data to an audit file we must first specify the file Click on the Open Audit button to show the New Existing Audit dialog box HR New Existing Audit Would you like to start a new audit file or append to an existing file 6 New Audit File C Open Existing Audit File OK Since this is the first item in the audit we will assume that the user wishes to define a New Audit File 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 2 Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data Clicking OK displays the Save As dialog box Note that selecting Open Exis
49. pplication Pipe Horizontal 3 W SN GH We Dimensional Standard ASTM C 585 Rigid K 4 ae pere s U pf j II COZ NOX amp CE REDUCTION KKH Emission Reduction Table iciency 7 Process Temp amp mhient Temn TE Open Audit File Quantity ft or ft 2 Append To Audit Tapes coz ur kieg l MT ft yr 3 26 0 64 This report gives estimates of the emissions associated with burning fossil fuels to generate the heat lost through the insulation assembly as a function of insulation thickness Note that in this example for bare pipe the Carbon Dioxide CO2 emissions are estimated at 7 884 lbs ft yr Adding 3 0 inches of 850 F Mineral Fiber PIPE Insulation reduces the CO emissions to 295 6 Ibs foot year or 0 13 Metric Tonnes ft yr The nitrogen oxides NO emissions at this insulation level are 0 59 Ibs foot year Each of these emission estimates could be used to determine the annual expected emission reductions associated with insulation upgrades Note that this estimate assumes that the combustion process and the associated emissions occurs on site The exception is for electricity where it is assumed that the emissions are generated at the power plant For electricity a weighted national average fuel mix is assumed Emission factors for electricity and for other default fuels may be viewed and or edited in the OPTIONS FUEL TYPES section of the 3E Plus program User defined fuels and pollutants m
50. r WW Favorites Documents library Arrange by Folder v E Desktop 3EPlus ET Downloads dJ Dropbox E Recent Places Name No items match your search Libraries L Documents a Music E Pictures Z Videos II Filename BIS RE UE Ek Save as type Compressed zipped Folder Hide Folders Cancet Select a location where you wish to save the install folder and then click Save to initiate the download It is highly recommended you install the program to the default directory When the download is complete navigate to the location you specified and open the folder it should look like this Organize v Extract all files A ME Eao Name Type Compressed size Password Size Ratio Date modified BR Desktop ml 3EPlus V4 1 Installer Windows Installer Package 1 998 KB No 2 297 KB 14 7 2 2012 9 50 PM Downloads E setup Application 193KB No 418KB 54 7 2 2012 9 50 PM A Dropbox El Recent Places 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction 10 Double click on either the 3EPlusV4 1 Installer or setup to start the install You should then see an Open File Security Warning like this Open File Security Warning The publisher could not be verfied Are you sure you want to a Name Temps 3EPlus V4 1 Installer 2 12 zip setup exe SI Publisher Unknown Publisher Type Application From Users Ch AppData Local Temp Temp
51. rated below 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 7 Chapter 5 Economics S 3E Plus v4 1 E es File Edit Units Help Cat ENERGY f ENVIRONMENT IRSCH um Insulation Thickness Discount Rate s Effective Income Tax Rate o Physical Plant Depreciation Period 29 Expected Service Life of Insulation 29 en Incremental Cost of Plant Capacity o on COST OF ENERGY Percent of New Insulation Costfor 4 gt Annual Insulation Maintenance ereere Percent of Annual Fuel Bill for Physical o SIMPLE PAYBACK PERIOD Plant Maintenance Reference Thickness for Payback ol Calculations ECONOMIC THICKNESS Material Price ft for 2 x 2 pipe 5 00 Detailed Calculation insulation including jacket EE oani Material Price S sqft for 2 inch thick 2 99 board or block including jacket Labor Rate S hr including overhead en 00 Labor Productivity Factor 100 Insulation Layers Base Metal Steel 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type C547 11 Jacket Material WEE 1 insulation For this example we have assumed a Annual Fuel Escalation Rate of 0 yr a Discount Rate of 5 an Effective Income Tax Rate of 0 an economic life of 20 years for both the insulation and the physical plant an Incremental Cost of Plant Capacity of 0 Million Btu ft of pipe Annual Insulation Maintenance Cost of 1 of the new insulation cost and a Physical Plant Maintenance Cos
52. rsonnel protection defined as a maximum external surface temperature of 140 F for a horizontal 12 inch NPS 800 F steel pipe insulated with ASTM C547 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction Type 1 mineral fiber insulation and weathered aluminum jacketing The design ambient air temperature is 90 F with zero wind speed Fill in or select information in the input area so it appears as follows D 3E Plus v4 1 Ete File Edit Units Help ENVIRONMENT Economics f OPTIONS we Ed INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type CS47 11 Jacket Material 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service X Next go to Insulation Layers area to designate the Base Metal in this case the pipe wall material Select Steel then go the second drop down menu Insulation Layers Base Metal lee Insulation Steel Stainless Steel Jacket hlaterial Copper PWC 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 11 Chapter 1 Introduction Next designate the Insulation as Type 1 C547 07 Mineral Fiber pipe insulation ra our i ineral Fiber PIPE T Type Jacket Material 0 9 All Service Jacket Polystyrene PIPE Type XII Ce Polystyrene BOARD Type W Co 2 07 PIR Gr 1 Types Land I C591 07 PIR Gr 2 Ty
53. rue A heat em an ee System MF Metal Mesh BLANKET Type Il CS92 04 System BASE METALS Perlite BLOCK PIPE C610 07 450F MF BOARD Type IB C612 04 4 System System 850F MF BOARD Type Il C612 04 System 1000F MF BOARD Type lll C612 04 A System 1200F MF BOARD Type IVB C612 04 System 1800F MF BOARD Type V C612 04 System High Temp Fiber Blanket Gr 6 C892 05 Glass Fiber Felt C1086 96 2004 System t System Phenolic Sheet TUBE Gr 1 Type Il and Ill C112 System JE 650F Mm Eiter Pipe and Tank Type Il C1393 00a t System 850F Min Fiber Pipe and Tank Type IIIB C1393 System 1000F Min Fiber Pipe and Tank Type VB C139 System Melamine PIPE FLAT C1410 05a System t Polyolefin SHT TUBE C1427 04 System Polyimide Type C1482 04 wmlalalnlel alamlealaininialaelaluolnu System Duct Wrap 0 75 pef C1290 ee ji Duct Wrap 1 0 pcf C1290 System Duct Wrap 1 5 pef C1290 System 4 gt sch User Delete an Existing Insulation from the Program Click on the Generic Insulation material which just added Then click on the DELETE button This deletes this material You cannot delete or change the properties of System materials provided in the program However materials can be turned
54. stalled cost data clicking on save closes the Cost Data box and returns the user to the input screen Clicking the calculate button generates the report shown below PS 3E Plus v4 1 ee File Edit Units Help if ISS KU ISCH OPTIONS Quantity ft or ft 2 Fuel Savings Thickness in Cost S ft S ft yr Note that the report contains columns for Installed Insulation Cost ft Fuel Cost ft yr Fuel Savings ft yr relative to bare pipe Payback Period yrs relative to bare pipe and Heat Loss kBtu ft yr ECONOMIC THICKNESS Economic Thickness Calculation Example Problem No 4 From the Main Menu first click on ECONOMICS Next click on the ECONOMIC THICKNESS Detailed Calculation button to generate the input screen The ECONOMIC THICKNESS calculation attempts to identify the insulation thickness that minimizes the annualized cost of an installation considering the installed insulation cost the economic life of the project the annual cost of fuel the fuel escalation rate estimated cost of insulation maintenance estimated income tax rates and the time value of money Additional input information is required and is viewed by using the scroll bar at the right side of the screen For this example we ll use the same basic input as Example Problem 3 Additional input information required is shown on the lower portion of the input screen as illust
55. t in this example and specify a location Save As Be Organize J e Documents My Documents gt 3EPlus Searah JEMNE New folder Documents library JEP lus Tr Favorites E Arrange by Folder Y BR Desktop Li Downloads Name E Recent Places CG gt Dropbox No items match your search Libraries S E3 Documents al Music El Pictures File name avi Save as type Text File Tab Delimited Get Hide Folders Clicking Save then Clicking Append to Audit produces the notice indicating that the data for that item has been added to the audit file The data for this run has been added to the audit worksheet Opening the file NewAudit txt using Notebook or any text editor reveals the following NewAudit Notepad File Edit Format View Help ITD Description Fuel Base Metal Insulation 1 Natural Gas Steel Jacket Geometry B50F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type I c547 11 Fuel Efficiency Hour All Service Jacket The user can repeat this process to build an audit file containing all of the items identified during the audit or appraisal This text file is tab delimited and may be imported into many spreadsheet or database programs to analyze or report results as desired 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 7
56. t of 0 of the annual fuel bill 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 8 Chapter 5 Economics Click on the Select Surfaces button to select the pipe size of interest For this example we have selected 12 NPS The program will also analyze Vertical Flat Top of Tank or Duct or Bottom of Tank or Duct a Select Surfaces Top of Tank or Duct Bottom of Tank or Duct As before we can use the FEA Model to estimate costs by clicking on the Edit FEA Cost Data button This brings up the Cost Data box as shown below Note that the costs are the same as for Example 3 Cost Data 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 9 Chapter 5 Economics Clicking on the Calculate button generates a report that reprints the input information and presents the following results Insulation Thickness Insulation Cost Annualized Cost Payback Period Heat Loss Surface Temp Inches 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 6 0 7 0 6 0 9 0 10 0 ft 30 07 35 60 40 58 45 50 55 47 53 32 66 98 80 35 93 71 107 54 125 10 143 11 160 37 178 24 ft 31 41 26 08 22 86 20 77 13 40 Double Layer 21 48 19 44 18 62 18 44 Triple Layer 19 69 20 27 21 12 22 07 23 19 Years 0 10 0 10 0 11 0 12 0 15 0 14 0 18 0 21 0 25 0 28 0 33 0 38 0 42 0 47 BTU hr it 531 423 339 308 248 308 248 210 185 185 166 152 141 131 ZP 153 140 131
57. ting Audit File would bring up the Open dialog box to allow users to select the existing file desired Why Recent E cunmen t Desktat Ei mr d My Documents File name NewAuditl bls Save as type Microsoft Excel dei Choose a descriptive file name and location where you want this audit file to reside Here we have elected to name the file NewAudit1 and save it in the 3EPlus folder Clicking Save generates the following message Please select the insulation thicknesses that you would lke to add to the audit fle enter the quantity and click Append to Audit 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 6 3 Chapter 6 Handling Audit Data This prompts the user to identify the thickness of interest in this example 3 inches Clicking OK allows us to highlight 3 0 in the thickness column as well as to enter 25 in the field labeled Quantity ft or ft Pa 3E Plus v4 1 File Edt Units Help Calculate J ENERGY f ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS DE a ee Tak Cost of Energy II TT E pg Item ID e uei Tye Fuel Cost 5 00 Open Audit C Documents and Settings De Dy Quantity ftorft2 De Append To Audit Variable est Los Savin anane Cost HeatLoss Savings Thickness Get eTA S Myr aen ee a La me mn as Lean mm am an o9 me sam es oas msa ms At this point click on the Append To Audit button to place the selected data into the opened Exce
58. tions L 7 rent Teen x S ka INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection 1 Insulation 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type CS47 11 Jacket Material 0 1 Aluminum oxidized in service After clicking on Calculate the results should look like the following 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide Aug 2012 Page 1 13 Chapter 1 Introduction 3E Plus v4 1 calculate ENVIRONMENT f Economics Mae INSULATION THICKNESS Surface Temperatures Condensation Control Personnel Protection Note the input information is all reprinted at the top of the computer screen such as System Application Calculation Type pipe orientation Nominal Pipe Size Process Temp etc Also note that you may depending on your window size need to scroll down to see the calculation results for Surface Temp Heat Loss and Efficiency for the Bare Pipe and all the way down to a pipe with 10 0 inches of insulation thickness in 0 5 inch increments Surface Temp Heat Loss DI Un This calculation shows to attain a surface temperature of less than 140 F an insulation thickness of 7 0 inches is the minimum required and is highlighted in grey The calculated surface temperature of 139 9 F is less than the maximum specified of 140 0 F The program also gives you the heat loss as 297 10 Btu hr ft of pip
59. tor 1 2 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 5 Chapter 5 Economics S 3E Plus v4 1 RR Coons Fuel Type vatural Gas a Heat Content 1026 BTU cuft Efficiency 75 Process Temp 500 Ambient Temp 99 COST OF ENERGY Wind Speed 9 9 Hours Per Year 8320 NPS Pipe Size i Deeg el wb Material Price S ft for 2x 2 pipe 500 _ ECONOMIC THICKNESS insulation including jacket Detailed Calculation er Material Price S sqft for 2 inch thick gt 99 board or block including jacket Labor Rate S hr including overhead en 09 Labor Productivity Factor 100 Base Metal Stee 1 insulation 850F Mineral Fiber PIPE Type C547 11 Note that clicking on the Edit FEA Cost Data button generates the Cost Data box shown below This box allows users to preview and or edit the installation costs calculated by the FEA cost model if desired The FEA Model generates cost estimates for single layer double layer and triple layer installations Note that for this example the FEA Model estimate for 2 inches of insulation on a 12 NPS pipe is 35 60 ft Also note that linch thickness displays as 0 00 ft which indicates that an estimate for this thickness is not available for this pipe size The user may edit the displayed data if desired 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 5 6 Chapter 5 Economics If the user is satisfied with the in
60. uel types should they be required The process is similar to that shown for adding an insulation material except you ll need a Cost for the fuel Cost Units the BTU content of the fuel and the BTU Units 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 5 Chapter 2 Options JACKET MATERIALS Next click on the JACKET MATERIAL button and you ll get a list of 15 materials used for jacketing on your screen which will look like the following File Edit Units Help ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS GENERAL OPTIONS d oe Program Defaults Activate INSULATION MATERIAL D Material Name i Created By Emittance Maintenance ge A Aluminum new bright System Aluminum oxidized in service System Stainless Steel new cleaned System Stainless Steel dull in service System FUEL TYPES JACKET MATERIAL iron or Steel System Copper System Painted Metal System Galvanized steel new bright Galvanized steel dipped or dull All Service Jacket V BASE METALS olalai ain jw le Aluminum Paint Canvas Roofing felt and black mastics Colored mastics PVC Jacketing As with the Insulation Materials new jacket materials can be added and can be made Inactive False or Active True However the System jacket materials that are provided in the program cannot be edited or deleted The forth column has the
61. usand cubic feet Default energy content is given in the BTU column followed by the BTU Units The default energy content for natural gas is 1026 Btu cu ft In the upper right hand corner are the default pollutants data for that particular fuel this is the number of pounds of each pollutant per 10 Btu of energy content With Natural Gas highlighted the pollutant values are for that fuel used in a gas burner Some modern low NOX burners produce less NOx so different values can be inserted by the User to replace the default values Add d Edit Fuel General Fuel Information Name Natural Gas Cost 9 50 BTU 1026 Units e galon Sct Units e BTU Y Btucuft The default values for both the Cost value and the BTU value can be changed should you have better data With energy costs constantly changing and varying from one location to another these values should be updated to reflect the cost of fuel you are routinely using For example the default cost of Natural Gas is 5 00 per Mcf If your actual local cost is 9 50 per Mcf then it would be appropriate to change to that value as shown below Unit Cost Factor ie Unit Cost Factor Cost Heat Content 6 004 Pollutants The first three pollutants COZ NOx and CE are required but you may add data for up to five additional pollutants Name Lbs 10 6 Btu Co 116 53 Name Lbs 106 Btu CO2 NT 0 052657 NOx 0 20979 Note it is also possible to add other f
62. y the program Option 5 Base Metals allows the user to define additional substrate materials Click on the GENERAL OPTIONS tab and the following screen will appear where the user enters information that appears on printed reports File Edit Units Help GENERAL OPTIONS Program Defaults INSULATION MATERIAL Company Name Maintenance ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS User Name Address FUEL TYPES City State Zip Phone Number JACKET MATERIAL BASE METALS 3E Plus Version 4 1 User s Guide August 2012 Page 2 1 Chapter 2 Options INSULATION MATERIALS Select INSULATION MATERIAL and the following screen will appear e 3E Plus v4 1 File Edit Units Help ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS OPTIONS GENERAL OPTIONS OON ogy Program Defaults Add Activate INSULATION MATERIAL D Material Name Active Created By Type Maintenance eg eg p MF Insulating CEMENT C195 07 True System 2 Insul Finish CEMENT C449 07 True System Calcium Silicate BLK PIPE Type CS33 07 True System Iepatoeege SHT TUBE Gr 1 CS34 07 Troe X System i eem Mineral Fiber PIPE Type CS47 07 True System 1200F Mineral Fiber PIPE Types land CS547 07 True System ER Fer PRE mpoo Tue Syston Cellular Glass Type BLOCK C552 07 True System This menu contains a large number of different insulation materials each with the Material Name per the appropriate ASTM material stand

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