Pressure vessel Definition and 91 Threads

Hi Whoever, I have an idea for a system which would work for my food business but it doesn't exist. The system essentially relies on hydraulics, pressure relief valves and check valves for recirculation upon reached pressure. All tanks/pipes (The entire system) will be prefilled except for 1...

Hello everyone - this is my first post on the forum and this would be for a real world application. I have no mechanical engineering experience. We plan to build a cubical aluminium (6082 grade) pressure vessel. The total external dimensions are 540mm x 400mm x 75mm. The aluminium wall...

The ASME BPVC formula is t=PR/(SE-0.6P) where P = pressure , R = inside radius, S = allowed material design stress and E = joint efficiency factor. the AS1210 formula ,(equivalent nomenclature) is t=PR/(SE-P). This makes 1210 more conservative when using the inside radius . I suspect the pure...

Hi, it's not easy to find formulas for stress in rectangular pressure vessels. However, I've found some in a Polish book titled "Podstawy konstrukcji aparatury chemicznej" (Fundamentals of the design of chemical process equipment) by J. Pikon. The problem is that the book provides equations for...

Hi everyone, What should be the considerations to choose the proper hose (max working press) installed at outlet air pressure vessels (11 bar) for industrial purposes? Please remark source\link. Also, I've found a table which lists the max sys operating press for 4 different fluids (fuel, oil...

Hello, all. I am completely new here so please be gentle. I have a small, cylindrical, sealed ("no leak") pressure vessel with an approximate volume of 27 cm3. It has a constant supply of air pressure at 8"WC. I'm trying to figure out how big of a hole it can have if there is an allowable...

In derivation of relation for pressure of Gas ,(see pic below) the time for rate of change of momentum of molecules should be the time for which the wall of the vessel and the molecules kept interacting with each other, not the time between successive collisions. As circumscribed below, my...

Hi everyone, In purpose to estimate the corrosion degredation in pressure vessels it is recommended to measure the pressure vessel thickness using an U.S. device. My question is how to determine the number of test points on the shell/caps surface as a function of the pressure vessel size...

Hi, What can be done to avoid trupped bubble air at the top of a pressure vessel without upper hole during hydraulic testing? Also, once the bubble exist what can be done to release it? Thanks

Hi, in mechanics of materials books one may easily find fomulas for stress and strain in thin- and thick-walled cylindrical pressure vessels subjected to internal pressure. However, it is assumed that they are open. So what are the formulas for stress and strain in capped vessels (with flat or...

Summary:: Hello i have a question regarding pressure vessel design. As per the required operating parameters for a pressure vessel, i have calculated the sheet thickness for the shell to be 4 mm and base plate thickness to be 25mm. These results are based on ASME calculations and ansys.Both...

The tube I'm using is 6" long, 6" diameter and .5" wall thickness and made of 6061 aluminum. The bottom is a 6" diameter, 3/8" thick MIC6 Cast Aluminum Disc. The top I TRIED is a 6" diameter, 1/2" thick clear polycarbonate disc. Both top and bottom are bolted on with a 1/16" buna-n o-ring and...

Homework Statement I have a simple cylindrical pressure vessel with thickness 100m and inner radius 254mm,.the cylnder has flat head closed ends but these are thickness 30mm. I need to calculate the pressure that would cause the vessel to collapse given material properties E=207Gpa, poissons...

Hi, Pressure vessels have caps on top of them. These caps are secured with tri clamps and if you need to remove them you have to make sure that the tank's pressure is released. If the tank is under pressure (say 10psi) and an operator removes the cap (A is known), what is the speed of the cap?

Dear all, I have a headache and I need you help, with the following problem. I need to create excel sheet for the calculation (estimate) of the size of the orifice on the orifice plate that will produce a pressure reduction rate in pipeline at 0,5 bar per minute. It is not important to...

Homework Statement I want to design a closed tank with an orifice hole (that can be opened and closed remotely) at the bottom of the tank and model how the mass flow rate of liquid nitrous oxide changes with respect to time, as the liquid nitrous oxide leaves the tank due to a pressure...

Homework Statement I need to design a pressure test that, in one cycle, will simulate the 8000 cycles that a given pressure vessel will undergo. I know the dimensions and material of the vessel, the number of pressure cycles it will undergo, and the max and min working pressures. Homework...

Homework Statement Hi, I trying to calculate principle stresses for pressure vessel (thick walled) which is pressurized from inside. I calculated all 3 stresses radial, hoop and axial and looking for what formulae to use to get to principle stresses. thanks Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a...

Have built a 55 gallon DIY steamer from a DE pool filter. The pool filter is made from .06 inch stainless steel and was rated for an operating pressure of 50 PSI. As a pool filter, the vessel regularly operated at pressures of 10-15 PSI, and as much as 25-30 PSI when it needed cleaning. Have...

I have 2 identical pressure vessels P1 and P2, exactly 1000 cc each. I pressurise them both to exactly ##1000 lbs/in ^2##. I place one on a spaceship and keep the other beside me. The ship blasts off. As the ship whizzes past me, as a result of length contraction, I see that the vessel on the...

I can't find equations for wall thickness or required temperature to generate steam at 6000psi. The goal here is a pressure vessel 'cylinder' 30" diameter, 36" long. It will be used to pump 42000psi hydraulics using a piston pump directly driven to a smaller series of pistons to allow the...

I have a relatively simple design problem but my memories of thermodynamics are very rusty and I can't figure it out on my own. To make it short, I want to put a mix of solid, water and air in a 500mL pressure vessel and heat it all up to 250'C for several weeks. T and P are at room conditions...

Homework Statement I have a system of two ordinary differential equations as shown below. I have to prove that the Lame's exact solutions for a thick walled cylinder loaded by internal pressure satisfies the equations. The next step is to integrate the equations to obtain an equation for U...

Hey, So I have a system where there is an air tank (0.2Litres @ 3000psi, 293K) and I have a convergent-divergent nozzle attached directly to it. What I want to know is an expression for how the mass flow rate varies with time as the mass in the tank decreases causing the pressure to decrease...

http://www.efunda.com/formulae/solid_mechanics/mat_mechanics/pressure_vessel.cfmaccording to the text above, we assume that force acting on the thin wall is p*2pi*r^2 whcih is the internal area of vertical slice. But I am not sure why the area has to be 2*pi*r^2. I mean, why pressure on the...

I work in the oil and gas industry and frequently encounter an issue involving isolation valves that do not seal 100%, and that begs me to ask the following question... I often need to isolate particular sections of piping so that a segment can be opened/disassembled for maintenance. When I...

Hello, I am replacing an existing ASME Section VIII Division 1 column. The U-1 states it is designed to 240psig @ 650degF, but does not say anything about being designed for vacuum conditions. The SIS for the column states that it is safe to operate under full vacuum. The SIS is not a code...

Homework Statement My professor has given us the solutions to the problem, but I am having a hard time decoding what exactly is going on from the solutions, especially in parts B and C. For Part B: I understand where the numbers are coming from and that this is a force balance problem...

I'm Having a part machined with a cylinder shape approximately 14 inches in length with a cylinder hole in the center with a diameter of .930 . I have no idea how thick the cylinder wall needs to be. I have looked up and used hoop stress calculators online but I do not understand if they take...

I have been asked to design a pressure vessel and the data given to me for the problem is - content -oil of density 0.9 g/ cm3. material with ultimate tensile strength of 70,000 psi. factor of safety 3. volume 50 m3. How do I calculate the internal pressure and diameter, which I will need to...

Homework Statement The problem is to calculate the required thickness of the shell of a pressure vessel, given that the design pressure P is 400 psi, the strength S is 15800 psi, the corrosion allowance CA is 1/8"and ##R_{design}## is to be found by iteration. Homework Equations...

When a pressure vessel is subjected to internal pressure of 3 bar and external pressure of 4 bar..Is it right to say resultant pressure is 1 bar external? Does both cases (3 bar int& 4 bar ext,only 1 bar ext) produce the same result considering all other factors like thickness,material etc constant?

THIS PROBLEM WAS MOVED FROM GENERAL PHYSICS TO THIS FORUM BECAUSE OF ITS HOMEWORK-LIKE NATURE. SO THERE IS NO TEMPLATE. Pressure vessel has a electrical (coiled) furnace inside. A pressure vessel @ 550 bar @ 500 C containing argon has its gas inlet pipe (1 inch ext Diameter) that has come...

I am helping one of my old physics professor and his Phd design a low-atmospheric vacuum chamber and we're looking at different materials to prevent outgassing. However the tank is almost 1m long and all the equipment inside must be taken out and checked after each test. It would be nice if we...

I am currently helping one of my old physics professors and his Phd student designing a pressure vessel for ultra-sciencey detector (still figuring out the theory behind it all). So far we have the general vacuum tank that opens on the ends, with the pressure difference holding the ends on...

Dear Members, The existing design for the pressure vessel is an end cap bolted to the body which is not designed to any pressure vessel code. Currently I'm trying to qualify this pressure vessel to PD5500 code. Due to the derated allowables in the code i couldn't go with the bolted...

Homework Statement The strength of longitudinal joint in Fig. 1-17 is 33 kips/ft, whereas for the girth is 16 kips/ft. Calculate the maximum diameter of the cylinder tank if the internal pressure is 150 psi. - See more at...

So there is a mass of 100kg and volume of 1m^3. (Distiller water) That's 0.01 m^3/kg How do I calculate the percentages?

Hi could someone point me in the right direction about the following scenario A high pressure vessel is 100% filled with an incompressible liquid A membrane separates two sides with differing concentrations one (one may be zero) of an impermeable solute. What would occur ? My feeling is that...

Hello Physics Forum. I'm looking to use the vapor pressure of a liquid to apply a constant pressure to a piston. The vapor pressure of the liquid is higher than the pressure I'm looking to exert (vapor pressure is ~16psi and I need to push with a pressure of 5.5psi). I'm thinking of using an...

Hello all, As part of a research project, I am trying to calculate the amount of water/dry ice I would need to put in a cylindrical pressure vessel to obtain an internal pressure of ~100 psi at 200C (from room temperature, ~23C). I haven't had to do a calculation like this in awhile, but...

A spherical pressure vessel of internal diameter 2m is constructed by bolting together two hemispherical domes with flanges. Assuming that the number of bolts used to join the two hemispheres together is 12, determine the wall thickness of the dome and the diameter of the bolts, if the maximum...

I am currently investigating pressure test safety with my current employer. Currently we test pressure vessels inside steel test containers, see attached pdf. At the moment Boyles law is used to calculate the resultant pressure increase inside the steel container if the pressure vessel was to...

Hi I was wondering how to design the horizontal pressure vessel on twin saddle that is not a symmetric shape using PD 5500 code. For example, Annex G of the code shows how to design with twin saddle, but it is only approach with the symmetric pressure vessel. Anyone has an idea or any...

Is there a specific location (say top, bottom etc.) that a safety relieving valve is put on a pressure vessel? Say there's a tall refining separation column (operating above atmospheric pressure), where would logic (or codes) indicate that a pressure relief valve ought to be ideally placed...

Design a railway cistern for 120,000 kg of Liquid. It has to be a cylindrical shell on two supports. The cistern is 18 m long 3 m in diameter (inner). It is made of steel with the yield strength of SY= 240MPa. Safety factor of FY= 1.9; Total corrosion allowance, c= 3.0 mm; Welded joint...

I have no intention of designing, building or experimenting with this, so no worries about safety. I'm just curious and did a Google search for Physics Forums and this was the first to come up. I was wondering, when pressure decreases so does temperature, right? So, were we to have a pop...

I'm working on the design for a dry-hull model submarine. My plan is to cast the hull shape that I want out of aluminum because this type of casting is cheap, easy to make, and because aluminum has a good strength to weight ratio. I want the hull to be able to withstand an external pressure of...

Hi, I am working on a project that requires me to pressurize water in a small pressure vessel up to a pressure of 1500 psi. I am searching for a pump to do this. Do you guys think a pressure washer pump such as this one...

I am needing to calculate the fill time of a pressure vessel. I know the following parameters regarding the vessel: Volume, Temperature, Properties of the fluid media, inlet pipe diameter, flow rate of the inlet, pressure of the inlet. I tried calculating the mass flow rate of the inlet...