Static equipment

PV L1 (Equipment Type & classification)

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• Equipment classification
• Static equipment types
• Function
• Position & support
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• Equipment classification
• Static equipment types
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• Position & support
 Equipment classification
• Static equipment (Pressure vessels, Tanks, heat exchangers,……..
• Thermal equipment (heater, boilers, flair, …….
• Rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, turbines, …….

Some equipment has dual nature

Static equipment Thermal equipment Rotating equipment
Pressure vessels Heater Pumps
Storage tanks Flare Compressors
Filters Turbine

Boilers Boilers
Heat exchangers Heat exchangers
Air coolers Air coolers Air coolers
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• Static equipment types
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Function
Static equipment can be categorized to two categorizes:

• Process
Static equipment can preform main role in the main
process activities as it can sperate, fractionate, drying,
filtering etc.…

• Storage
Static equipment can be used as a storage medium to any
type of product either in liquid or gas phase
 Static equipment types
Function
• Process
Separation modules
 Static equipment types
Function
• Process
Drying modules
 Static equipment types
Function
• Process
Fractionate modules (typically tall towers)
 Static equipment types
Function
• Process
Filtration modules (typically small vessels with body closure)
 Static equipment types
Function
• Storage
Static equipment can be categorized based on the pressure of
the storage medium as when the pressure increase the shape
and type of the equipment changes. It is three categorize
Atmospheric tanks, Low pressure tanks, Hight pressure tanks.

Under each category there is many types and shapes.

 Static equipment types
Function
• Storage
Atmospheric tanks (API STD 650)

Fixed roof tanks Floating roof tanks

(Store typical liquids) (Store volatile liquids)
 Static equipment types
Function
• Storage
Low pressure tanks (API STD 620 , Appendix Q or R)
 Static equipment types
Function
• Storage
Hight pressure tank (pressure vessels)

Bullets Sphere
(Long horizontal vessels) (For very high pressures usually
liquefied gases)
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• Static equipment types
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 Static equipment types
Position & support
• Pressure vessels can differ in shape, type and components
based on its position and type of support

Horizontal Vessels Vertical Vessels

Saddles Skirt Legs Lugs