Flextech Tube Seals are designed to stop ALL the ingress air!
See below to calculate your potential savings using Flextech Engineering’s tube seals!
Area of 0.5" annular gap around 6" dia. tube | A=0.071 ft2 |
Internal draft @ ΔP=.35" H20 | ω=1.92 lbs air/sec |
Internal heater temperature | T=1950 deg. F |
Energy required to heat ambient air | ΔH=495 BTU/lb |
Heating cost per million BTU's | $5.00/1 X 106 BTU |
Number of tubes (and tube openings) | 100 |
Number of tubes | Annular area | Air draft | Seconds per year | Heat energy | Fuel cost | |||||
100 | X | 0.071 ft2 | X | 1.92 lbs air | X | 31.5 x 10 sec | X | 495 BTU | X | $5.00 |
sec/ft2 | year | 1 x 106 BTU |