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    The document specifies the design of a spherical ammonia gas storage tank (SS-101) with the following key details: 1) The tank will be made of carbon steel, have a diameter of 5.51m, and a shell thickness of 4mm. 2) It will store ammonia gas at 30°C and 3.5atm, with a total capacity of 29.51m3 across 4 tanks of approximately 100m3 each. 3) Nozzle sizes were designed based on flow rates and density - the inlet will be 3 inches and outlet 2.5 inches.

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    The document specifies the design of a spherical ammonia gas storage tank (SS-101) with the following key details: 1) The tank will be made of carbon steel, have a diameter of 5.51m, and a shell thickness of 4mm. 2) It will store ammonia gas at 30°C and 3.5atm, with a total capacity of 29.51m3 across 4 tanks of approximately 100m3 each. 3) Nozzle sizes were designed based on flow rates and density - the inlet will be 3 inches and outlet 2.5 inches.

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    The document specifies the design of a spherical ammonia gas storage tank (SS-101) with the following key details: 1) The tank will be made of carbon steel, have a diameter of 5.51m, and a shell thickness of 4mm. 2) It will store ammonia gas at 30°C and 3.5atm, with a total capacity of 29.51m3 across 4 tanks of approximately 100m3 each. 3) Nozzle sizes were designed based on flow rates and density - the inlet will be 3 inches and outlet 2.5 inches.

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    The document specifies the design of a spherical ammonia gas storage tank (SS-101) with the following key details: 1) The tank will be made of carbon steel, have a diameter of 5.51m, and a shell thickness of 4mm. 2) It will store ammonia gas at 30°C and 3.5atm, with a total capacity of 29.51m3 across 4 tanks of approximately 100m3 each. 3) Nozzle sizes were designed based on flow rates and density - the inlet will be 3 inches and outlet 2.5 inches.

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    Technological Institute of the Philippines

    AMMONIA GAS
    SPHERICAL
    STORAGE
    TANK
    (SS-101)
    Technological Institute of the Philippines

    EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION

    Equipment Tag: SS-101


    Ammonia Storage Tank
    Description: To store ammonia gas.
    Data Sheet
    Sheet No.: 1
    OPERATING DATA 1
    Carbon
    MATERIAL OF
    NO. REQUIRED 3 Steel (S42; 2
    CONSTRUCTION
    Graded A)
    OPERATING OPERATING
    30 ºC 3.5 atm 3
    TEMPERATURE PRESSURE
    CONTENTS Ammonia 4
    TANK
    29.51 m3 5
    CAPACITY
    VESSEL DATA 6
    INSIDE DIAMETER 5.51 m 7
    OUTSIDE DIAMETER 5.52 m 8
    SHELL THICKNESS 4 mm 9
    CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE
    17.34 m 11
    SPHERE
    ACTUAL DIMENSION OF THE TANK 12
    CORROSION ALLOWANCE 2 mm 13
    ACTUAL TANK
    17.34 m 14
    CIRCUMFERENCE
    ACTUAL TANK DIAMETER 5.51 m 15
    ACTUAL INSIDE DIAMETER 5.52 m 16
    INLET NOZZLE DIAMETER 3-inch Nominal Pipe; Schedule 5S 17
    OUTLET NOZZLE 2 ½-inch Nominal Pipe; Schedule
    18
    DIAMETER 80S

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    From Material Balance:

    STREAM 2’
    Component Mass, kg/hr Mass %
    NH3 1,172.80 100.00
    TOTAL 1,172.80 100.00

    DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

    a. Material of Construction
    b. Diameter
    c. Shell Thickness

    DESIGN CALCULATIONS

    From Table 2-143, Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, 8th Ed.:


    T= 30˚C
    kg
    ρ = 9.107
    m3
    Capacity of the Tank

    Use Soave Redlich-Kwong Equation:

    RT aα
    P= −
    V − b V(V + b)

    0.42747R2 Tc2
    a=
    Pc

    0.42747(0.08205)2 (405.65)2
    a=
    (111.32)

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    a = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟐𝟕𝟖

    0.08664RTc
    b=
    Pc

    0.08664(0.08205)(405.65)
    b=
    (111.325)

    b = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟐𝟓𝟗

    303.15
    Tr =
    405.65

    Tr = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟒𝟕𝟑
    2
    a = (1 + (0.48508 + 1.55171ω − 0.15613ω2 )(1 − Tr0.5 ))

    a = (1 + (0.48508 + 1.55171(0.2526) − 0.15613(0.2526)2 )(1


    2
    − (0.7473)0.5 ))

    a = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟏𝟓

    atm − L
    (0.08205 )(303.15 K) (0.1278)(1.015)
    0.987 atm = mol − K −
    V − 0.0259 V(V + 0.0259)

    𝐋
    𝐕𝐭 = 𝟐𝟓. 𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟗𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐥 = 𝟐𝟗𝟐𝟑𝟐𝟎. 𝟑𝟑 𝐋 = 𝟐𝟗𝟐. 𝟑𝟐 𝐦𝟑
    𝐦𝐨𝐥

    Design Volume
    𝑽𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒌 = 292.32(1.2) = 𝟑𝟓𝟎. 𝟕𝟖 𝒎𝟑

    Number of tanks= 4, Assume 100 m3 in every tanks.

    350.78 𝑚3
    𝑽𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒌 = = 𝟖𝟕. 𝟕𝟎 𝒎𝟑
    4

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    Tank Diameter
    πD3
    VTheo =
    6

    πD3
    87.70 m3 =
    6

    D = 𝟓. 𝟓𝟏 𝐦
    Design Pressure

    From Ammonia Spherical Tank of BNH Gas Tanks, India

    𝑃𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 = 1.1𝑃𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔
    𝑃𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 = 1.1(1) = 𝟏. 𝟏 𝒃𝒂𝒓

    Solving Shell Thickness

    From Table 13.2 Typical Maximum Allowable Stresses for Plates under ASME
    BPV Code Sec. VIII (R K Sinnott)

    N
    Carbon Steel, S = 88.9 mm2
    From Equation 13.39, (Chemical Engineering Design and Principles by
    Coulson and Richardson)

    Pd R i
    t=
    2SE − 0.2Pd

    Where:
    t = shell thickness
    Pd = design pressure
    Ri =internal diameter
    S = design stress
    E = joint efficiency

    N
    (0.11 2 ) (5510 mm)
    t= mm
    N N
    (2)(1)(88.9 2 ) − 0.2(0.11 )
    mm mm2

    𝐭 = 𝟒 𝐦𝐦

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    Outside Diameter

    Do = Di + 2t

    Do = 5.51 m + 0.008 m

    𝐃𝐨 = 𝟓. 𝟓𝟐 𝒎

    Nozzle Sizing

    Basis:
    As per Engineering Standard for Process Design (Standard Code IPS-PR-880)

    1. For fluid inlet (Gas or Liquid): ρv2 < 1000


    2. For gas outlet: ρv2 < 3600
    3. For liquid outlet: v= 1 m/s

    Feed Inlet Nozzle

    Density (kg/m3) 9.107


    ρv 2 (kg/ms2) 1000
    1000 kg/ms2
    v=√ = 10.479 m/s
    9.107 kg/m3

    Feed Flow Rate= 0.6603 kg/s

    m 0.6602 kg/s
    A= = = 6.92 x 10−3 m2
    ρv kg m
    (9.107 3 )(10.479 s )
    m

    4A 4(6.92x 10−3 m2 )
    Dn = √ = √ = 0.0939 m ≈ 93.9 mm
    π π

    Dn = 3.70 in, therefore use 3-inch Nominal Pipe Size, Schedule 5S.

    Gas Outlet Nozzle

    Density (kg/m3) 9.107


    ρv 2 (kg/ms2) 3600

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    Outlet Flow Rate= 0.6603 kg/s

    3600 kg/ms2
    v=√ = 19.882 m/s
    9.107 kg/m3

    m 0.6603 kg/s
    A= = = 3.467 x 10−3 m2
    ρv kg m
    (9.107 3 )(19.882 s )
    m

    4A 4(3.467 x 10−3 m2 )
    Dn = √ = √ = 0.06644 m ≈ 66.44 mm
    π π

    Dn = 2.615 in, therefore use 2 1/2-inch Nominal Pipe Size, Schedule 80S.

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