How to consider snow load in pressure vessel design
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There is a container drawing: DN700×8, cylinder height of 1000, with two end caps, and a total volume of 0.47 m3. Material: Q345R. Working medium: carbon monoxide. Design temperature: 80°C, design pressure: 1.3 MPa. Inlet and outlet diameter: Dn100, with ear-type supports. The region is Xinjiang, with an average annual maximum snow depth of 24 cm, a maximum snow thickness of 24 cm, and a snow load of 0.6 KN/㎡. Question: How is the snow load taken into account in the SW6 strength calculation? Is it sufficient to simply increase the strength of the ear-type supports? I’m not quite sure. I earnestly ask experts to share their insights. My email is 821520136@qq.com
As for how to quantify this in actual calculations, I don’t see any specific instructions on this in GB150 and the six chemical industry standards
Does this type of equipment also need to take snow load into consideration?
For small vertical tanks, there is no need to consider snow load; snow load is generally only taken into account for large storage tanks.