Flanged heads

The location of exchangers is the key to maintenance. Usually the back head is kept at a distance of about three meters from the piperack support columns. Access equipment must be able to get in and remove the sheU cover and flange head. Access area must also be provided to handle and remove the sheU cover usually located under the piperack. The tube-pulling or rodding-out area must be kept clear to allow access to the channel end. This space should be at least equal to the tube length and about two meters from the tube sheet location. Tube removal space should be allowed for but is not mandatory if grade-mounted heat exchangers are used and mobile maintenance equipment employed to pick up the entire unit and transfer it to the repair shop. 

Figure 8-26. Examples of studded flanges head closures.

Figure 7 shows nozzle locations and support arrangements for a typical horizontal vessel (7). The saddles used for support are sustained by concrete pedestals or steel stmctures. Sufficient clearance between the bottom nozzles and the support saddles needs to be provided for access to the nozzle flange bolts. The manway can be located on the end head of the vessel, the topside of the vessel, or the side of the vessel. The preference is for an end manway wherever possible for accessibiHty, except when it is limited by the level gauges and controls that are commonly mounted off the heads. 

It is difficult to determine exactly the areas of localized pressure reductions inside the pump, although much research has been focused on this field. It is easy, however, to measure the total fluid pressure (static plus dynamic) at some convenient point, such as pump inlet flange, and adjust it in reference to the pump centerline location. By testing, it is possible to determine the point when the pump loses performance appreciably, such as 3% head drop, and to define the NPSH at that point, which is referred to as a required NPSH (NPSHR). The available NPSH (NPSHA) indicates how much suction head... 

Example 8 Compressible Flow with Friction Losses Calculate the discharge rate of air to the atmosphere from a reservoir at 10 Pa gauge and 20 G through 10 m of straight 2-in Schedule 40 steel pipe (inside diameter = 0.0525 m), and 3 standard radius, flanged 90 elhows. Assume 0.5 velocity heads lost for the elhows. 

Flat face flange. Appendix Y. Fig. UA-111Q Welded connection. UW IS. UW 16. Fig. UW 15.1 Opening. UG 35to UG 42, UA 7. UA 280 Multiple openings. UG-42 Non pressure parts. UG-6, UG-22. UG-SS. UG-82 Hemispherical head. Pressures. 

Unstayed flat heads and covers can be designed by very specific rules and formulas given in this subsection. The stresses caused by pressure on these members are bending stresses, and the formulas include an allowance for additional edge moments induced when the head, cover, or blind flange is attached By bolts. Rules are provided for quick-opening closures because of the risk of incomplete attachment or opening while the vessel is pressurized. Rules for braced and stayed surfaces are also provided. 

Among the topics of the TEMA Standards are nomenclature, fabrication tolerances, inspeclion, guarantees, tubes, shells, baffles and support plates, floating heads, gaskets, tube sheets, channels, nozzles, end flanges and bolting, materi specifications, and fouhng resistances. 

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