THE CRITICAL RADIUS OF INSULATION CDEEP
Note that the critical radius of insulation depends on the thermal conductivity of the insulation k and the external convection heat transfer coefficient h .The rate of heat transfer from the cylinder increases with the addition of insulation for r 2 lt; r cr, reaches a maximum when r 2 = r cr, and starts to decrease for r 2 gt; r, insulating the pipe may actually increase the rate of heat