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Cold Solvent Sphere

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Chuck Shi
Sphere Design Calculations Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Design Data

2. Static Head Calculations

3. Shell Thickness Calculations

4. Maximum Allowable Working Pressure

5. Maximum Allowable External Pressure

6. Weight Calculations

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 Sphere Design Calculations Design Data

1. Design Data

1) Basic Design Information:

Internal Design Pressure P= 0.35 Mpa
Internal Design Temperature T= 90 ºC
External Design Pressure Po= 51 kPag
External Design Temperature To= 152 ºC
MDMT= -41 ºC
Inside Diameter ID= 24960 mm
Nominal Capacity Vn= 8142 m3 =4/3*R3
Working Capacity Vw= 7328 m3 =0.9Vn
Liquid Density = 634 kg/m3
Liquid Level L= 20070 mm
Corrosion Allowance CA= 3.2 mm
Joint Efficiency E= 1.0 RT1
Min. Thickness of Shell tmin= 30 mm
Nominal Thickness of Shell tn= 31 mm
Number of Sections Ns= 5

2) Material Properties:
Sphere Shell Material SA516-70N
Allowable Stress @ Design Temp. Sa= 138 Mpa As per ASME code
Yield Strength @ Amb.Temp, Sy= 262 Mpa As per ASME code

3) Leg Support
Height from Sphere CL to Foundation H l= 15280 mm
Leg Support Type Round Pipe
Number of Legs Ns= 16
Leg Support OD ds= 962 mm
Leg Support Thickness ts= 31 mm
Bracing Type Cross Bracing, Round Bars

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Sphere Design Calculations Design Data

Number of Bracing Bars Nb= 32 Welded at centre

Bracing Diameter db= 100 mm
Bracing Element Length Lb= 5600 mm

4) Insulation
Insulation Type Mineral Wool
Insulation Thickness ti= 25 mm
Insulation Desity i= 126 kg/m3

5) Fireproofing
Fireproofing thickness tf= 50 mm
Fireproofing Density f= 2400 kg/m3

6) Platforms & Ladders

Total Area of platforms A= 103 m2
Unit Weight of Platforms W u= 250 Kg/m2

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Sphere Design Calculations Static Head Calculations

2. Static Head Calculations

Section No. from Bottom Seam Height of each Static Heads (Hs=hg)
Top to Bottom Section from Bottom Sphere
1 H1= 23007 mm Hs1= 0.000 Mpa
2 H2= 16644 mm Hs2= 0.021 Mpa
3 H3= 8316 mm Hs3= 0.073 Mpa
4 H4= 1953 mm Hs4= 0.113 Mpa
5 H5= 0 mm Hs5= 0.125 Mpa

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Sphere Design Calculations Sphere Thickness Calculations

3. Sphere Thickness Calculations:

1) Internal Pressure Calculatio UG-32(f)

Section No. Internal Design Design Thicknesses for
from Top to Pressure P, Pressure at Each Each Section(+CA),
Bottom Mpa Section, Pc=P+Hs, Mpa mm
1 0.35 P1= 0.350 tr1= 19.0
2 0.35 P2= 0.371 tr2= 20.0
3 0.35 P3= 0.423 tr3= 22.3
4 0.35 P4= 0.463 tr4= 24.1
5 0.35 P5= 0.475 tr5= 24.7

In order to complete external pressure calculations,

here we tentatively take shell minimum thickness tmin= 30 mm

2) External Pressure Calculati UG-28(d)

Ro= 12510 mm =ID/2+t
A= 0.000268 =0.125/(Ro/t)
As per CS-2, B= 24.459 Mpa
Hence, Pa= 0.052 Mpa =B/(Ro/t)

Therefore, the above assumpted minimum thickness is adequate.

The nominal thickness of shells tn can be taken as 31 mm

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Sphere Design Calculations MAWP

4. Maximum Allowable Working Pressure

1) MAWP: UG-32(f)
Items Results Units Descriptions
Sa= 138 Mpa Allowable stress
E= 1.0 Joint efficiency
tmin= 30 mm Minimum thickness after forming
CA= 3.2 mm Corrosion allowance
t= 26.8 mm Corroded thickness
Hs = 0.125 Mpa Static head
R= 12483.20 mm Corroded inside radius
Maximum allowable working pressure,
MAWP= 0.468 Mpa =2*Sa*E*t/(R+0.2*t)-Hs

2) MAP:
Ri= 12480 mm Inside radius at new
Maximum allowable pressure,
MAP= 0.663 Mpa =2*S*E*tmin/(Ri+0.2*tmin)

MAWP's and MAP's for nozzles and other pressure parts will need to be
calculated separately.

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Sphere Design Calcualtions MAEP

5. Maximum Allowable External Pressure

MAEP is calcualted in accordance with UG-28(d).

Items Results Units Descriptions

Ro= 12510 mm Ro=ID/2+t
A= 0.000268 A=0.125/(Ro/t)
As per CS-2, B= 24.459 Mpa Check table CS-2
Hence, MAEP= 0.052 Mpa MAEP=B/(Ro/t)

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Sphere Design Calcualtions Weight Calculations

6. Weight Calculations

Description Results Units Remarks

Sphere Shell Weight W1= 473,255 Kg
her Pressure Parts Weight W2= 28,395 Kg
Leg Support Weight W3= 183,880 Kg
Insulation Weight W4= 6,165 Kg
Fireproofing Weight W5= 88,664 Kg
ght of Platforms & Ladders W6= 25,760 Kg
Weight of Liquid W7= 4,645,839 Kg
Weight of Hydrotest Water W8= 8,142,024 Kg

Sphere Empty Weight We= 806,120 Kg We=Sum(W1:W6)

Sphere Operating Weight Wo= 5,451,959 Kg Wo=We+W7
Sphere Hydrotest Weight Wt= 8,827,554 Kg Wt=W1+W2+W3+W8

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