Abstract: The objective optimization function was set by the summary of the insulation materials' annual sharing cost and the annual heat losing cost after insulation and the calculating model of buried hot oil pipelines' insulation economical thickness was given. The model included the burying depth's influences on around pipelines ambient temperature, the heat transfer coefficient of the outer wall insulation, and the overall heat transfer coefficient. With the help of C# programming language, a computer program was developed to optimize the thickness of insulation layer of buried hot oil pipeline with EXCEL to work out economic evaluation procedures, combining with examples of calculation. The results showed that: The determination of buried hot oil pipeline insulation thickness would have some impact on the economic benefits of the project, and it should take the double requirements into account determining the thickness on both technology and economy. That could provide a theoretical reference to the hot oil transportation construction's optimizing design.

Key words: Buried-oil pipeline, Insulation, Economic thickness, Economic evaluation, Internal rate of return

摘要： 以保温材料的年分摊费用和保温后的年散热损失费用之和为目标优化函数，给出了埋地热油输送管道保温层经济厚度的计算模型。模型考虑了埋设深度对管道周围环境温度、保温层外壁放热系数及总传热系数的影响。借助C#程序语言编制了埋地热油管道保温层厚度优化的计算机求解程序和EXCEL经济评价程序，结合实例进行了计算。结果表明，埋地热油管道保温层厚度对项目的经济效益具有较为明显的影响，因此确定保温层厚度时要兼顾技术层面及经济层面的要求。研究结果可为热油输送管道施工的优化设计提供一定的理论参考。

关键词: 埋地热油管道, 保温层, 经济厚度, 经济评价, 内部收益率