Should thermal expansion and contraction be taken into account after installing ear seats on tower equipment?
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Dear sea friends, there is currently a tower unit, with a relatively large condenser (horizontal type) mounted on top of it. Two saddles are installed at the frame platform where the condenser is located, and the condenser is connected to the tower unit via equipment flanges. The bottom of the tower equipment is fixed with skirt foundation bolts. May I ask, in this case, should a spring mechanism be considered for the upper saddle position?
It is generally not designed this way; the degree of deformation is very small.
This post was last edited by “Montage of Light and Shadow” on 2021-10-12 at 13:35. It still depends on the temperature changes during the tower’s operation. If the temperature rise varies across different sections of the tower during operation, thermal expansion has to be taken into account in the design. The skirt is fixed in place; presumably, there is some allowance for expansion in the mounting points of the condenser. If the temperature decreases, the deformation is small and can be ignored.
Thank you for sharing the information. Thanks for your hard work, OP
Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. For this equipment, spring supports were ultimately installed at the upper condenser saddle in order to compensate for the displacement caused by the axial expansion and contraction of the tower