SL NO DESCRIPTION SYMBOL UNIT VALUE REMARK

It is defined as the maximum gauge pressure, at the

coincident (which the air is in touch with), that is
1 Maximum working pressure Pmw kg/cm²(g) 7.5 permitted for the vessel in operation.
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
2 Design pressure Pd kg/cm²(g) 8.5 components
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
3 Hydro.test pressure Ph kg/cm²(g) 12.75 duration of test
4 Outside diameter of shell Do mm 1216
Di=Do-2 x thickness. Assume the thickness to be
6mm for 1 m³ air receivers and 8mm for 2 m³ to
5 Inside diameter of shell (or cylinder) Di mm 1200 calculate inner diameter
6 Maximum working temperature Tmax °C 60
7 Design temperature Td °C 100
It is defined as the maximum stress permissible at
8 Maximum allowable stress S kgf/mm² 12.75 the design temperature for any specified material
9 Inside Crown radius Ro mm 1080 To detaermine the crown radius and knuckle radius
10 Inside knukle radius ro mm 204 refer table 1 of IS 4049
11 L/r ratio 10
Refer figure 3.7 of IS 2825. Shape factor can be
obtained from the ratio of height of cylinder/outside
12 Shape factor M 1.02 diameter of the cylinder

13 Length of straight flange Sf mm 38 3 times shell thickness or 38 mm whichever is larger

14 Height of cylinder H mm 2700
For medium duty applications (DFDS, DE), consider
15 Weld joint efficiency E 0.85 Joint efficiecny in 0.8-0.85 range.
16 Corrosion allowance C/A mm 1.5
CALCULATION OF SHELL THICKNESS
Minimum thickness of shell inclusive of corrosion IS 2825 page no 13, eqn 3.1; tsmin=Pd x Di/(200S x E-
17 allowance tsmin mm 6.224409449 Pd)+C/A
18 thickness selected ts mm 8
CALCULATION OF DISHED END THICKNESS
Thickness of ends concave to internal pressure
19 (domed ends/dished ends) tdmin mm 7.068627451 tdmin= Pd x Do x M/(200S x E)+C/A
20 Thickness of ends selected td mm 8
CALCULATION OF VOLUME
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
21 Volume of 2 dished ends Vd m³ 0.538343317 cylinder
22 Volume of cylinder Vc m³ 3.053628059
23 Total Volume of cylinder V m³ 3.591971376