Design of Pressure Vessels and storage Vessels detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petroleum Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to PE Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of design of pressure vessels and storage vessels is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
DESIGN OF PIPE FITTINGS AND JOINTS 9
Stress-strain relationships of elastic materials subjected to tensile, compressive and shear forces; Membrane stresses in shells of revolutions; Theories of failures. Design and schematic of simple bolts and screws. Design and drawing of shafts and couplings.
Unit II
DESIGN OF PRESSURE VESSELS 9
Unfired pressure vessel: Pressure vessel codes; Design of cylindrical and spherical shells under internal and external pressures; Selection and design of flat plate, tori spherical, ellipsoidal, and conical closures; Shell design of tall vertical vessels; Compensations of openings.
Unit III
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Unit IV
FABRICATION AND MATERIALS 9
Fabrication of equipment: Major fabrication steps; Vessel lining; Materials used in fabrication of Chemical Equipments. Vessel Coatings – selection and application. Selection of process equipment’s material. Material selection for process fluids.
Unit V
DESIGN OF SUPPORTS FOR VESSELS 9
Introduction – Types of Support – Design of Skirts, Brackets, Saddle and Leg supports. Special types of supports for vessels.
Course Outcomes:
- Students would be able to understand the principles Stress-strain relationships of elastic materials Design and drawing of shafts and couplings
- Enhanced the knowledge on Design of cylindrical and spherical shells under internal and external pressures.
- Study on Fundamental and Technological principled involved in design of storage vessels.
- Understanding the principles involved in Material selection for process fluids.
- Understanding the principles involved in piping layout and piping stress Analysis.
- Skills on Fundamental and Technological principles involved design of pressure vessels and storage vessles
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- S.D. Dawande, “Process Design of Equipments”, Central Techno Publications, Nagpur, 2000.
- Indian Standard Specifications IS-803, 1962; IS-4072, 1967; IS-2825, 1969. Indian Standards Institution, New Delhi.
- R.H. Perry, “Chemical Engineers’ Handbook”, McGraw-Hill.
- Ludwig, E.E., Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants”, Volume I, II, and III, Gulf Publishing Co.
- J.M. Coulson and J.Richardson, “Chemical Engineering”, Vol. 6, Asian Books Printers Ltd.
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