Maximum steam supplied 9400.

0 kg
Maximum instantaneous steam flow 49000.0 kg/hour
Average steam flow 37500.0 kg/hour
Minimum boiler supply pressure 59.5 bar g
Design charging steam pressure 59.5 bar g
Minimum charging pressure 59.0 bar g
Lowest steam pressure 12.5 bar g

Water volume 62 m³
Steam volume 33 m³
Total vessel volume required 95 m³
Steam volume as percentage of whole 34.7 %
M Lockett start steam/water (20% min normal) 53.1 %
M Lockett end steam/water (80% max normal) 122.4 %

Design pressure 6500 kPa g

Design temperature 285 °C
Aspect ratio of vessels below 9.00

End corrosion allowance 3 mm

Maximum ends thinning allowance 3.2 mm
Type of end Hemishperical - petals
Grade of end plate BS 1501 223 490B

Shell corrosion allowance 3 mm

Grade of shell plate BS 1501 223 490B

Vessel option table...

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No of Volume ID Length Mass Mass Found'n Shell Ends
Vessels Barrel Vessel Each Total Mass ea. Thickness
m³ mm mm mm kg ton ton mm mm
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1 95 2330 21600 23930 80894 80.9 186.7 60 32
2 48 1850 17100 18950 38178 76.4 91.1 45 25
3 32 1620 15300 16920 26551 79.7 62.8 40 22
4 24 1470 13500 14970 18769 75.1 45.2 35 22
5 19 1360 12600 13960 16132 80.7 37.2 35 20
6 16 1280 11700 12980 12965 77.8 30.3 32 20
7 14 1220 11700 12920 11516 80.6 27.2 30 18
8 12 1170 10800 11970 10228 81.8 23.6 30 18
9 11 1120 10800 11920 9148 82.3 21.3 28 18
10 10 1080 9900 10980 8121 81.2 18.6 28 18
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Ref. Steam Storage Installations by Goldstern. Chapter 5

Suggested econmomic solution based on minimum mass...

Number of vessels 4
Internal diameter 1470 mm
Vessel length 14970 mm

Plan area and steam release table

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No of Plan-Area Steam release
Vessels Each Total Each Start End
m² m² kg/hour ton/hour ton/hour
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1 56 56 64029 64.0 64.0
2 35 70 40239 80.5 80.5
3 27 82 31626 94.9 94.3
4 22 88 25235 100.9 101.0
5 19 95 21783 108.9 109.0
6 17 100 19006 114.0 114.5
7 16 110 18232 127.6 126.6
8 14 112 16095 128.8 128.4
9 13 120 15449 139.0 138.0
10 12 119 13576 135.8 136.1
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Ref. Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations by Hicks. p 3.469

Suggested econmomic solution based on minimum plan area...

Number of vessels 1
Internal diameter 2330 mm
Vessel length 23930 mm

Steam efflux velocity table...

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No of Steam Steam Steam efflux velocity
Vessels Space Space Start End
% of OD mm mm/s mm/s
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1 41.8 1001 8.8 Good 39.8 OK
2 41.8 794 7.0 Good 31.7 OK
3 42.9 714 5.9 Good 27.0 Good
4 41.6 629 5.6 Good 25.3 Good
5 41.5 580 5.2 Good 23.4 Good
6 40.9 540 4.9 Good 22.3 Good
7 43.2 543 4.4 Good 20.1 Good
8 42.1 508 4.4 Good 19.9 Good
9 43.1 498 4.0 Good 18.5 Good
10 41.0 457 4.1 Good 18.7 Good
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Ref. Fire tube boiler experience.

Selected vessel dimensions...

Number of vessels 1
ID of vessel 2400 mm
Barrel length 21600 mm
Internal volume 112.2 m³
Shell thickness 60.0 mm
End thickness 32.0 mm
Shell longitudinal expansion 80.8 mm
Mass ends 4.7 ton
Mass shell 78.7 ton
Mass saddles 0.5 ton
Vessel mass 83878.2 kg

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 Water for hydraulic test 516122.4 kg
Operating water charged (62.3 m³) 46896.0 kg
Operating water discharged (42.9 m³) 37496.0 kg

Vessel levels...
Level alarm extra high 952 mm
Level alarm high 902 mm
Charged level (59.5barg) 877 mm
Discharged level (12.5 barg) 685 mm
Level alarm low 660 mm
Level alarm extra low 610 mm
LAHH Open auto drain
LAH Close auto drain
LAL Close fill line
LALL Open fill line

Cold start up conditions...

Steam required (6000 kPag) 20489 kg
Water required 26407 kg
Minimum start time (37500 kg/hour) 33 minutes
Fill level 494 mm
Minimum active length for level transmitter 534 mm

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