How to perform verification for connecting the upper pipe opening of a storage tank to a 5-ton heat exchanger?
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For a vertical storage tank, a 5-ton heat exchanger needs to be connected to the 1-meter-long pipe opening at the top; how can its stability be verified in the absence of any support? Help: Regarding the diameter of the pipe, is it necessary to add a reinforcement ring? :Q
1. Conservative calculation of nozzle load； 2. Add support legs.
Equipment port verification Flange verification
Include it as a load, add reinforcement rings and stiffening plates to improve stiffness.
It’s just one container, but it has a skirt base added
Thank you, reinforcement rings and 9 steel plates have been added
Calculate it using WRC – this load is not small
Include the force exerted by the heat exchanger on the flanges and connections in the calculation of the local stresses at the roots of those flanges and connections
For the calculation of opening reinforcement considering external loads, local stress analysis is recommended.