Basically, solving the problems of pressure vessels, which includes the initial design of the tank and periodic inspection of the tank...

Solving the problems of pressure vessels is followed by two approaches: 1) Elastic approach 2) Elastic-plastic approach which is also...

Storage vessels in the oil and natural gas sector are used to hold a variety of liquids, including crude oil, condensates, and produced...

FEA in Pressure Vessel Design The rules for designing pressure vessels in ASME Section VIII, Division 1 and ASME Section VIII, Division 2...

The oil industry is facing a major problem with the large amount of oil residue generated in the tanks that store and process crude oil...

Primary crude oil cuts in a refinery include gases, light or heavy naphtha, kerosene , light gas oil, heavy gas oil and residue. From...

A downhole heat exchanger, also called a borehole heat exchanger, is a heat exchanger installed inside a vertical or inclined borehole....

Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers are compact, with high efficiency and durability having liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers. These heat...

Materials for plate heat exchangers focuses primarily upon the plates and gaskets. Since these items significantly effect first cost and...

The plate heat exchanger is the most widely used configuration in geothermal system of recent design. A number of characteristics...

The engineer making the material selection must know all aspects involved in the construction maintenance and operation of heat...

A compressor station is a facility which helps the transportation process of natural gas from one location to another. Natural gas, while...

Slug Catcher is the name of a unit in the gas refinery or petroleum industry in which slugs at the outlet of pipelines are collected or...

Typically skids are used for heavy fuel oil or diesel oil and fuel gas feeding line to burners. Each skid is normally designed according...

The surge drum performs various important functions. They are: To separate the liquid out of the gas and allow the gas to pass to the...

A typical oil and gas process skid package will incorporate only the process equipment. This is primarily due to the requirement to...

Flame arresters function by interrupting the combustion wave as it progresses through the flame arrester. Typical flame arresters...

It can be seen from the stress distribution of a loaded beam that the greater stress occurs at the top and bottom extremities of the...

The basic objective in structural analysis and design is to produce a structure capable of resisting all applied loads without failure...

Flame arresters installed in piping systems should always be tested to verify that the design would quench a flame front propagating...