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Fixed ladder
Dear all, while designing a fixed ladder for a distillation column, I´ve seen a reference in the pressure vessel handbook of ANSI A14.3 but only one page is shown, does anyone have a copy that could facilitate me or know where I could download a copy of the entire standard? Thanks a lot- Distill9
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- Forum: ANSI (standards) Code Issues
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Torispherical head sizing
When designing a torispherical head, the thickness can be calculated according to UG-32 (e) with specific values for "L" and "r", but in Appendix 1-4 (d) comes the general thickness equation for any given value for L and r. When I used equation in UG-32 with L=D and r=0.06D I had a thickness...- Distill9
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- Forum: ASME (mechanical) Code Issues
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48" flanges for distillation column
I am working on a distillation column replacement, column is for obteining and alcoholic beverage, this column will work at atmospheric pressure and is 48" diameter and 30ft high. Our current column has sectioned bodies with flanges, this is an old column which was localy manufactured without...- Distill9
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- Forum: Chemical process engineering
