I have a pressure vessel that has an internal pressure of 900psi and temp of 970F. I run the calcs and compress gave me a thickness of 4" for the vessel and 6" for the heads. I just want to make sure that I can not reduce the thickness anymore. I know for full vacuum chambers I can reduce the...
The foreword in API 2000 says that "This standard does not apply to external floating roof tanks or free vented internal floating roof tanks"
If I have an external floating roof, how do I size the P/V valve and what parameters do I need use If I can't apply API2000? Thanks.