Abstract

Researches done prior to this study focuses on designing of pressure vessel, theoretical studies on failure modes and catastrophic accidents of pressure vessel. This study intents to analyse stress effect based on ASME VIII Division I, PD 5500, and EN 13445 and design a storage tank using PVElite. This study is done for varying internal design temperature and internal design pressure. It is limited by tank capacity, size, type, shape and orientation of pressure vessel. The external design temperature, external design pressure, head type, joint efficiency, diameter, length, and corrosion allowance are restricted as well. The study is done by selecting type of pressure vessel, code of practices, materials and design parameters before performing analysis using PVElite. A LPG storage tank was designed using PVElite. A total of twelve simulation is done and the results are tabulated. It is seen that American standard is capable of simulating for internal temperature less than external temperature which is not possible than the other two counterparts. Here, the external temperature is set at 250C and the internal temperature varies from 00C – 600C with increment of 200C. British and European standard had an error while performing simulation for 00C and 200C The American standard also has the highest value for required thickness for external thickness for head and shell with 3.36518mm and 5.45026mm for head and shell respectively. The internal thickness for American standard is also the highest with 2.5mm, 2.65822mm, 4.01886mm and 6.14440mm for head thickness at 00C, 200C, 400C and 600C respectively while shell thickness is 2.5mm, 2.66606mm, 4.03766m and 6.18855mm for 00C, 200C, 400C and 600C respectively. Stress computed for head and shell for American standard was also the highest with 19.074 MPa, 38.148 MPa, 64.429 MPa and 118.258 MPa at 00C, 200C, 400C and 600C respectively for head and 15.525 MPa, 25.772 MPa, 60.151 MPa and 102.455 MPa for 00C, 200C, 400C and 600C respectively at shell. It is concluded that American standard is the better option of the three.

Highlights

  • Corrosion Developments in pressure vessels during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were accompanied by all-too-frequent terrible pressure vessel explosions

  • Several national and international standard might exist, most studies are done pressure vessel designing by standard and analysis, theoretical studies on failure modes of pressure vessel and analysis on catastrophic accidents of pressure vessel

  • The aims of the study are; (1) to analyse stress effect based on standard code of practices using PVElite, (2) to design a pressure vessel using PV Elite and propose the better standard

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Introduction

Corrosion Developments in pressure vessels during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were accompanied by all-too-frequent terrible pressure vessel explosions. Tragic accidents such as the SS Sultana of United States (1865) and the Grover Shoe Factory explosion at Brockton, Massachusetts (1904) led to the development of basic standards for manufacturing and operation of pressure vessels. Safety implications and hazards arising from the operation of pressure vessels, there's a clear need to standardize engineering and fabrication practices. Study on stress analysis for variable on code of practices; ASME VII Division I, PD 5500 and EN 13445 is conducted. A proposition for possible and economical style accepted by chosen code of practices is created

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