Design a shell-and-tube product cooler
Thermal, hydraulic and mechanical design of a product cooler from heat duty to the pressure-retaining equipment.
PROP · BIL · WTS · RDV · RBSA · E135 · A2View solution approach →SOL ALPHA · Solved Problems
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Design a surface condenser for vacuum service
Condensation, cooling-water demand, pressure drop and stability verification of a condenser operating under vacuum.
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Systematically determine evaporation duty, heating area, circulation hydraulics and pressure parts of a kettle reboiler.
SCUT · NAVE · VERD · TSIP · E135 · A2View solution approach →Design a plate pasteurizer for beer or food
Design regeneration, pasteurisation, cooling and pressure drop of a multi-zone plate heat exchanger.
BIER · BIL · SOWU · MM · NPSHView solution approach →Design a heated and cooled batch reactor
Design heat-up and cooldown time, agitator duty, jacket and pressure vessel together for a batch reactor.
BIL · MA · MC · AP09 · RING · S1 · A2View solution approach →Design a thermal-oil loop with heater
Determine oil flow, heater area, film temperature, piping, pump and protection for a thermal-oil system.
TOIL · BREN · FDP · NPSH · CAV · A2View solution approach →Design a heated storage tank with freeze and vacuum protection
Design fill volume, heat loss, insulation, tracing and pressure/vacuum behaviour of a storage tank.
TKL · TANK · EB · BEHE · TAVA · SUEPView solution approach →Design a horizontal gas-liquid separator
Determine disengagement area, liquid holdup, two-phase inlet, pressure vessel and saddles for a horizontal separator.
ZDP · HSA · B1 · B3 · S32 · A2View solution approach →Design a vertical knock-out drum
Design gas velocity, droplet separation, liquid holdup, skirt and wind loading of a vertical separator.
VSA · B1 · RUER · ENZA · 1991 · A2View solution approach →Design a pump and piping system between two vessels
Determine pipe diameter, system curve, operating point, NPSH, control valve and surge for a transfer duty.
FDP · NPSH · NKRE · CAV · STOS · ANSIView solution approach →Design a flow-metering and control station
Coordinate pressure budget, orifice, control valve, piping and operating range of a metering and control station.
DROS · RO · CAV · FDP · ANSIView solution approach →Design a compressor with aftercooler and condensate separator
Calculate compression work, discharge temperature, aftercooler, condensate and separator as one integrated system.
LUFT · QVER · BIFL · WTS · VSA · A2View solution approach →Design an air cooler with a finned-tube bundle
Determine finned area, tube rows, airflow, pressure drop and fan power for a process air cooler.
BIL · MB · DRRB · QVEN · CAView solution approach →Cool and dehumidify process air
Determine air states, condensate, cooling and reheating duty and fan demand for a dehumidification system.
PSYC · MIFL · MK · BIFL · SOWU · QVENView solution approach →Design a waste-heat boiler downstream of a furnace
Determine flue-gas balance, steam duty, area, stack loss, acid dew point and draught for a waste-heat boiler.
VGAS · RGAS · WAK · ABGV · STAK · TSO3 · A2View solution approach →Design a distillation column with reboiler and condenser
Design multicomponent separation, energy demand, reboiler, condenser and mechanical column as one system.
SCUT · VERD · DNK · B1 · RUER · ENZA · 1991 · A2View solution approach →Thermally and mechanically design an agitated vacuum dryer
Determine drying time, heat duty, vapour rate, vacuum resistance and cycle life of a heated agitated dryer.
BIL · TIME · MA · SUEP · B13 · S1View solution approach →Design a process silo for filling and discharge
Assess bulk-solid properties, filling/discharge loads, hopper pressure, wind and seismic actions on a process silo.
BULK · BIEG · 1991 · 1998View solution approach →Design a cooled fermentation and storage tank
Design fermentation heat removal, cooling jackets, cooldown, CO₂ pressure, shell and support together.
BIER · BTK · ZIKT · B1 · ENZA · A2View solution approach →Complete the design of an ASME air receiver
Design shell, heads, nozzles, flanges, MDMT, test pressure, saddles and relief valve to ASME VIII-1.
UG27 · UG32 · UG37 · AFL · MDMT · U99N · ASAD · A2View solution approach →Design a high-temperature flanged joint to EN 1591-1
Verify tightness, bolt loads, flange rotation and assembly condition of a hot flanged joint to EN 1591-1.
1092 · 1514 · DICH · 159H · 159S · ZIEHView solution approach →Systematically upgrade a leaking flanged joint
Assess recurring flange leakage and systematically improve gasket, bolts, flange configuration and assembly.
DICH · 159H · 159S · B7 · ZIEHView solution approach →Assess a nozzle-to-shell junction with FELV and FEA
Verify local stresses at a complex nozzle-to-shell junction using analytical screening and a FELV finite-element model.
NOIS · E165 · FELV · FEM · S2View solution approach →Perform an AD 2000 fatigue assessment of a pressure vessel
Classify pressure, temperature and operating cycles and verify allowable cycle counts for critical vessel details.
S1 · S2 · NMX · FELV · B1View solution approach →Perform an ASME VIII-2 fatigue assessment using FEA stresses
Classify FEA stresses, assess elastic fatigue and determine allowable load cycles to ASME VIII-2.
FELV · FEM · FANY · AN3F · A416View solution approach →Verify vessel nozzles subject to piping loads
Transform and combine piping forces and moments and verify their local shell effects at a vessel nozzle.
STUT · IGEL · NOIS · E165 · S36 · WRCView solution approach →Assess nozzle loads on spherical vessels
Assess external piping loads at a spherical-shell nozzle using EN and WRC methods and identify critical regions.
E164 · WRCK · NOIS · FELVView solution approach →Verify a pressure vessel for lifting and erection
Design lifting lugs, trunnions and local shell resistance for transport, crane lifting and vessel erection.
LUG · ZAPF · WRC · FELVView solution approach →Design support brackets and local shell loads of a vessel
Verify support brackets, welds and local shell effects from weight, wind, seismic and piping loads.
PRAT · S34 · ABRA · WRC · 1991View solution approach →Assess a vacuum vessel with measured out-of-roundness
Assess measured out-of-roundness, external pressure and stiffener spacing for vacuum-vessel stability.
UNRD · SUEP · ENAF · EC3SView solution approach →Complete the design of a steel silo to Eurocode 3
Verify bulk-solid loads, cylindrical shell, ring stiffeners, hopper and roof of a steel silo as one Eurocode design.
BULK · EC3C · EC3S · EC3T · EC3D · 1991 · 1998View solution approach →Verify a silo hopper and transition ring to Eurocode 3
Verify hopper wall, cylinder-to-hopper transition and ring support under bulk-solid, support and asymmetric loads.
BULK · EC3T · EC3S · EC3CView solution approach →Design an expansion bellows in a hot pipeline
Determine thermal movement, spring forces, pressure thrust, stability and fatigue life of a piping expansion bellows.
EJMA · B13 · AP26 · ELKR · ER64View solution approach →Control thermal piping expansion and nozzle loads
Design routing, supports and thermal expansion so that piping and equipment-nozzle limits are met together.
ELKR · ER64 · ER11 · HPR · STUTView solution approach →Assess thermal fatigue of a fixed-tubesheet heat exchanger
Verify tubesheet forces, differential thermal expansion and cyclic loading of a fixed-tubesheet exchanger together.
WTS · E135 · B51F · S2 · RBSAView solution approach →Design a U-tube exchanger for large temperature differences
Design duty, U-tube bundle, pressure drop, vibration resistance and tubesheet for a large temperature difference.
TEMA · WTS · E134 · RBSA · B1View solution approach →Upgrade a gas separator with a wire-mesh demister
Determine droplet size, mesh loading, pressure drop and separator geometry required to reduce liquid carry-over.
LDA · FLD · VSA · HSA · ZDPView solution approach →Hydraulically debottleneck an existing tray column
Assess flooding, weeping, entrainment and pressure drop of a tray column and determine its maximum reliable capacity.
SCUT · LBA · LBG · LDA · FDPView solution approach →Design emergency relief for a runaway batch reactor
Assess runaway heat release, pressure rise, two-phase venting and required emergency-relief area of a reactor.
BIL · TIME · PROP · A2 · ADZ2View solution approach →Protect a liquefied-gas storage vessel against fire exposure
Assess fire heat input, vaporisation, relief capacity and mechanical design of a horizontal LPG storage vessel.
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