Does windchill cause water to freeze faster in a copper pipe line?
If the temperature IS below freezing, then the circulation of air can accelerate the pipes reaching this temperature. In this way, it can accelerate the freezing of pipes, but as the above answer noted, only if it actually IS below freezing. Thus pipes on a 30F degree day will freeze faster than if it is not windy, not because they reach a lower temperature, but because there is a continuous breeze of cold air running over the pipes fascilitating the removal of heat.
No. Wind chill only effects people. Basically, wind chill is when the wind blows the thin layer of warm air around your body away, so that there is no warmth between your skin and the air. So it makes the air feel colder, but its really the same temperature. So no, if the air is 30 degrees (for example), everything will freeze at the same rate it normally would at 30 degrees no matter how windy it is.
No. Wind chill only effects people. Basically, wind chill is when the wind blows the thin layer of warm air around your body away, so that there is no warmth between your skin and the air. So it makes the air feel colder, but its really the same temperature. So no, if the air is 30 degrees (for example), everything will freeze at the same rate it normally would at 30 degrees no matter how windy it is.
If the temperature IS below freezing, then the circulation of air can accelerate the pipes reaching this temperature. In this way, it can accelerate the freezing of pipes, but as the above answer noted, only if it actually IS below freezing. Thus pipes on a 30F degree day will freeze faster than if it is not windy, not because they reach a lower temperature, but because there is a continuous breeze of cold air running over the pipes fascilitating the removal of heat.
