3:03 PM € mod6é (1).pdf Q & NPTEL ~ Chemical Engineering ~ Chemical Engineering Design - I Lecture 4: SOLVED PROBLEM Example 1: A tall vertical column 2.5 m in outer diameter and 42 m in height is to be installed, The available specifications are: Operating temperature and pressure ~ 160°C and 4 ky/em*(g). Skint height 30m, Tasulation thickness — 120 mm: ‘Tray spacing - 0.6 m, Permissible material stress of shell ~ 780 kein ‘Top space disengagement ~ 1.2 m, Welded joint efficiency ~ 0.80 Weir height — 60 mn, Density of shell mtl, ~7600 kg/m’ Bottom space separation ~ 1.8 m 7 Density of insulation ~ $00 kg/m’ “Tray loading with liquid ~ 110 kg/m? (Over head vapor pressure line ~ 2280 mim ‘Tray support ring — 45 mm x 45mm x 11 =P mm angles ‘Weight of ladder — 30 kg/m, Comosion allowance ~ 1.5 mm ‘Weight of 280 mm outer diameter pipe ~ 60 kim Wind force acting over vent — 110 kg/ Design pressure — 4 1.2=4.8 kgiem? Solution: Design pressure = 4.2 = 4.8 Kglem? ‘Thickness of shell - PD 4825x103 = a + = 9.5mm + 2mm = 1mm 2fJ+P 2x780x08+4.8 Assuming standard plate thickness -10 mm, assuming elliptical head with major to minor axis ratio = 2:1 Weight of elliptical he 0 3 i 5D DP T2303 = (2.52 ~2.50 )*7600 = 1504 kg Join initiative of ITs an 6 Se Funded by MHRD Page 18 of 29 Z NPTEL ~ Chemical Engineering - Ch sical Engineering Design - 1!