Welded joints as critical regions in pressure vessels – case study of vinyl-chloride monomer storage tank

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Tamara Golubovic
Aleksandar Sedmak
Vesna Spasojevic Brkic
Snezana Kirin
Emil Veg

Abstract

Welded joints are analysed as critical regions in a pressure vessel in respect to structural failure due to the elastic-plastic fracture/crack growth. To assess structural integrity of pressure vessels used in chemical industry the risk based procedure has been introduced and applied in the case of a large spherical pressure vessel used as a vinyl-chloride monomer (VCM) storage tank in HIP Azotara Pančevo. The risk matrix has been used, taking into account the basic definition of risk, being the product of the probability and consequence, and applied to different regions of welded joints, having different mechanical properties, i.e. crack resistance. To estimate probability, the failure assessment diagram (FAD) has been used, as an engineering tool, defined according to the position of the operating point for different regions of the welded joint, relative to the critical point on the limit curve. Generally speaking, consequence is estimated based on pressure vessel parameters, or by detailed analysis of health, safety, business and security issues, but in the analysed case, the worst case scenario is assumed, with the highest consequence due to potential disaster for environment and fatalities.

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Golubovic, T., Sedmak, A., Spasojevic Brkic, V., Kirin, S., & Veg, E. (2018). Welded joints as critical regions in pressure vessels – case study of vinyl-chloride monomer storage tank. HEMIJSKA INDUSTRIJA (Chemical Industry), 72(4), 177–182. https://doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND171009006G
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Chemical Engineering - General

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