ENGINEERING TASKS
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ENGINEERING TASKS
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Shell-and-tube heat exchanger
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, A2
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Surface condenser
Design a surface condenser for vacuum service
Condensation, cooling-water demand, pressure drop and stability verification of a condenser operating under vacuum.
PROP, DNK, WTS, SUEP, E135, A2
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Kettle reboiler
Design a kettle reboiler for a distillation column
Systematically determine evaporation duty, heating area, circulation hydraulics and pressure parts of a kettle reboiler.
SCUT, NAVE, VERD, TSIP, E135, A2
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Plate heat exchanger
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, NPSH
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Stirred vessel
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, A2
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Thermal-oil system
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, A2
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Storage tank
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, SUEP
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Horizontal separator
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, A2
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Vertical separator
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, A2
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Pump and piping system
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, ANSI
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Metering and control station
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, ANSI
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Compressor package
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, A2
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Air-cooled heat exchanger
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, CA
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Dehumidification system
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, QVEN
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Waste-heat boiler
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, A2
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Distillation column
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, A2
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Agitated vacuum dryer
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, S1
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Process silo
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, 1998
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Fermentation tank
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, A2
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Air receiver
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, A2
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Flanged joint
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, ZIEH
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Existing flanged joint
Systematically upgrade a leaking flanged joint
Assess recurring flange leakage and systematically improve gasket, bolts, flange configuration and assembly.
DICH, 159H, 159S, B7, ZIEH
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Vessel nozzle
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, S2
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Cyclic pressure vessel
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, B1
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ASME vessel detail
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, A416
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Nozzle on cylindrical shell
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, WRC
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Nozzle on spherical shell
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, FELV
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Lifting lugs and trunnions
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, FELV
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Bracket-supported vessel
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, 1991
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Vacuum vessel
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, EC3S
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Steel silo
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, 1998
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Silo hopper and transition ring
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, EC3C
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Expansion bellows
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, ER64
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Three-dimensional piping system
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, STUT
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Fixed-tubesheet exchanger
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, RBSA
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U-tube heat exchanger
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, B1
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Mist-eliminator separator
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, ZDP
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Tray column
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, FDP
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Batch reactor with emergency relief
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, ADZ2
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Liquefied-gas storage vessel
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.
PROP, A2, B1, B3, S32, TANK
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