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Process Piping
Umer Zahid
Zishan Engineers (Pvt) Limited,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: umerzahid000@gmail.com
Sohaib Z. Khan∗
Email: sohaib.khan@pnec.nust.edu.pk
Mohammad A. Khan
Email: makhan@pnec.nust.edu.pk
Hassan J. Bukhari
Email: hbukhari@pnec.nust.edu.pk
Imran Ahmed
Engro Fertilizer Limited,
Daharki, Pakistan
Email: meimranahmed1@gmail.com
Kamran A. Khan
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR),
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Email: kamran.khan@kustar.ac.ae
3 Outlet Piping 170 420 Following data of inlet process piping was used:
Extension W c = 373.762 N (Weight of 2 flanges)
Inlet Piping W = 3772.6N/12.355 m=305.35 N/m
4 170 420
Extension Y = 0.0005 m
E = 1.8485 x 1011 Pa [16]
Inlet Piping to I = (πdi4 − πdo4 )/64= 6.7658 X 10-6 m4
5 the Heat 170 420
a∆T = 0.002550 m/m [16]
Exchanger v = 0.292
Outlet Piping to di = 0.168275 m
6 the Heat 170 420 do = 0.1750822 m
Exchanger p = 420000 Pa (design Pressure)
t = 0.0034036 m
7 Shell outlet 75 700
piping
3.3 Stress Analysis
8 Shell inlet piping 250 4000 For most piping systems, two major types of stresses are
Heat exchanger encountered. These are classified as primary and secondary
9 224 2500 stresses. Primary stresses are generated by imposed loadings
Shell
necessary to satisfy the equilibrium of internal and external
forces and moments. The secondary stresses in a piping sys-
Table 2. Maximum allowable displacements as per industry require- tem are associated with cyclic conditions such as temperature
ment increase or decrease, as the plant starts up or shut down.
Displacement X-Dir. Y-Dir Z-Dir
3.3.1 Primary stress criteria
Allowable Value 5mm - 8mm 0.5mm 5mm - 8mm In ASME B31.3 code [17], there are two major criteria
for primary stresses:
1. Stresses due to internal pressure shall be considered
This was accomplished by using the isometrics and third an- safe when the wall thickness of the piping component, in-
gle projection drawings of different components of the heat cluding any reinforcement, shall not be less than that calcu-
exchanger layout. The heat exchanger in consideration is of lated in accordance with Eq. 3 [16].
shell and tube type. It is required to heat the Acetic Acid fluid
in the tube side under normal operation. The heat exchanger PD
uses high pressure steam on the shell inlet side as the heating tm = (3)
2(Sew + PY )
medium. The shell outlet side pipe contains the condensed
water resulting from this heat transfer process. Fig. 1 is the
isometric drawing of heat exchanger obtained from the soft- 2. The sum of the longitudinal stresses due to pressure,
ware. The drawing serves to divide the exchanger unit into weight and other sustained loadings SL must be lesser than
nine distinct parts. Sh , hot allowable stress for a hot operating system.
Table 1 summarizes the design operating conditions ex-
isting in various parts of heat exchanger unit. SL ≤ Sh (4)
Actual
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604B inlet
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4671
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[11] Sheremetov, L., Batyrshin, I., Chi, M., and Rosas,
A., 2008. “Knowledge-based collaborative engineer-
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[12] Smith, E., 1991. “The effect of pipe bends on the elastic
pipe nozzle
604A inlet
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pipe nozzle
Shell inlet
Allowable
1000
1000
1000
200
200
200
Actual
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Shell outlet
pipe nozzle
Allowable
5000
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5000
3000
3000
3000
Ma (Nm)
Mb (Nm)
Mc (Nm)
Moments
Fa (N)
Fb (N)
Fc (N)
Forces
and
Fig. 1. Schematic of Heat Exchanger divided in 9 parts
Fig. 2. Model configuration and the values of some of the highest displacements
Fig. 3. Location and type of supports and restraints