SL NO

DESCRIPTION

SYMBOL

1 Maximum working pressure

Pmw

2 Design pressure

Pd

3 Hydro.test pressure
4 Outside diameter of shell

Ph
Do

5 Inside diameter of shell (or cylinder)

6 Maximum working temperature
7 Design temperature

Di
Tmax
Td

8 Maximum allowable stress

9 Inside Crown radius
10 Inside knukle radius
11 L/r ratio

S
Ro
ro

12 Shape factor

13 Length of straight flange

14 Height of cylinder

Sf
H

15 Weld joint efficiency

16 Corrosion allowance
CALCULATION OF SHELL THICKNESS

E
C/A

Minimum thickness of shell inclusive of corrosion

17 allowance
18 thickness selected
CALCULATION OF DISHED END THICKNESS

tsmin
ts

Thickness of ends concave to internal pressure (domed

19 ends/dished ends)
tdmin
20 Thickness of ends selected
td
CALCULATION OF VOLUME

21 Volume of 2 dished ends

22 Volume of cylinder
23 Total Volume of cylinder

Vd
Vc
V

UNIT

VALUE

REMARK

kg/cm(g)

It is defined as the maximum gauge pressure, at the

coincident (which the air is in touch with), that is
7.5 permitted for the vessel in operation.

kg/cm(g)

The pressure (internal or external) including the

static head used in the design calculation of a vessel
in operation for determining the thickness of various
8.5 components

kg/cm(g)
mm

It is defined as the pressure at which the fluid must

be kept inside the vessel to check if there is any
seepage . This value shall be taken as 1.5 times
design pressure (NTPC specfification) for 30 minutes
12.75 duration of test
1216

mm
C
C

kgf/mm
mm
mm

Di=Do-2 x thickness. Assume the thickness to be

6mm for 1 m air receivers and 8mm for 2 m to
1200 calculate inner diameter
60
100
It is defined as the maximum stress permissible at
12.75 the design temperature for any specified material
1080 To detaermine the crown radius and knuckle radius
204
refer table 1 of IS 4049
10
Refer figure 3.7 of IS 2825. Shape factor can be
obtained from the ratio of height of cylinder/outside
1.02 diameter of the cylinder

mm
mm

38 3 times shell thickness or 38 mm whichever is larger

2700

mm

For medium duty applications (DFDS, DE), consider

0.85 Joint efficiecny in 0.8-0.85 range.
1.5

mm
mm

mm
mm

IS 2825 page no 13, eqn 3.1; tsmin=Pd x Di/(200S x

6.2244094488 E-Pd)+C/A
8

7.068627451 tdmin= Pd x Do x M/(200S x E)+C/A

8

m
m
m

Volume of the dished ends= 2/3rd volume of sphere

with diameter equal to diameter of the
cylinder+twice the volume of cylinder whose height
is equal to the length of straight flange and internal
diameter is equal to the internal diameter of the
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