A vertical vessel with an internal diameter of 84 has a hemispherical head at the top and
Question:
A vertical vessel with an internal diameter of 84” has a hemispherical head at the top and an ellipsoidal head of 2:1 at the bottom. The construction material has a maximum allowable stress of 8700 psi at its design temperature. The operating pressure is stated as 48 psig. The overall height of the vessel is 38’ and a joint efficiency of 1.0 is used. Determine the wall thickness of each part of the vessel? If a corrosion allowance of 2 mm is being fixed by the user, determine the wall thicknesses and part MAWPs for each part of the vessel and what is the vessel MAWP?After having through the process of overall thickness uniformity, determine:the overall wall thickness and the new vessel MAWP if CA = 2 mm is used?the new vessel MAWP, if only metal sheet with thickness 12.7 mm is available in the local market and CA = 2 mm, is used?the overall wall thickness and the new vessel MAWP if the local market can supply metal sheets of thickness 9, 11, 14 and 16 mm and CA = 4 mm is used?
Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-0471758013
8th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick