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Process Equipment Design & Engineering

Brief Syllabus
1) Coded Design of Pressure Vessels
Review of fundamentals of strength of materials
Brief review of metallurgy & materials of construction used for construction of process equipment
with reference to various components
Process of selection of material of construction Corrosion of
materials and its prevention
Design of pressure vessels based on ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1. Introduction to nozzle loads
Solving case studies to understand the design process referring to the code Design of jacketed
vessels / limpet coils
Design of tall towers with consideration to wind and seismic loads Design of vessel supports
Introduction to softwares for vessel design
2) Design of Storage Tanks
Classification Bulk and day storage tanks Design of storage
tanks as per API650 Introduction to sizing of storage tanks
Underground storage tanks
Safety measures in storage tanks Solving case
studies
3) Design of Heat Exchangers Thermal and Mechanical
Introduction to heat transfer fundamentals and various modes of heat transfer Case studies to
understand fundamentals
Thermal design of heat exchangers. Study of various parameters like LMTD etc. Calculation of heat
transfer coefficients and pressure drops
Sizing of heat exchanger components to get desired performance in single phase applications. Placement of
fluids on shell / tube side.
Mechanical design of heat exchangers based on ASME and TEMA codes
Use of TEMA for various components of heat exchangers from design and manufacturing
point of view
Introduction to ASME method (UHX) for design of tubesheets
Introduction to various softwares for thermal and mechanical design of heat exchangers
Solving case studies on thermal and mechanical design of heat exchangers Design of
non standard flanges used as body flanges for heat exchangers Introduction to extended
surface heat exchangers

4) Manufacturing Engineering
Study of fabrication drawings
Various welding processes, welding symbols Leak testing
of equipment, PWHT process
Generation of manufacturing drawings with fabrication details, BOM, design data, assembly
and nozzle schedules
Data to be provided on manufacturing drawings Concept of
transportation and as built drawings
5) Introduction to Inspection and Quality Control
Concept of quality assurance and quality control. Process of inspection Destructive and non
destructive testing
ASME certification systems
6) Overview of Boilers
Introduction to steam engineering and various types of boilers. Reference to ASME and IBR
7) Introduction to Piping Engineering
Various piping codes used in process plant construction. Introduction to supports and stress
analysis
8) Miscellaneous
Concept of HAZOP study overview SMPV rules
- summary