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Table XX Filter Cake Tank Specifications

FILTER CAKE TANK SPECIFICATION SHEET

TECHNICAL DATA

Equipment Tag Number FC-101

Type Storage TAnk

No. Required 1

Objective To store the filter cake

Materials of Construction Stainless Steel 304

Contents Filter Cake

Operating Pressure 101,325 Pa

Operating Temperature 30°C

Tank Capacity 250.41 𝑚3

DESIGN DIMENSIONS

Design Volume 300.49 𝑚3

Inside Tank Diameter 6.0756 𝑚

Height of Cylinder 9.11 𝑚

Effective Shell thickness 13.25 𝑚𝑚

Design Shell Thickness 52.9852 𝑚𝑚

Outside Tank Diameter 6.1816 𝑚

Crown Radius 3.0378 𝑚

Knuckle Radius 0.364533 𝑚

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Effective Head/Bottom Thickness 12.2426 𝑚𝑚

Design Head/Bottom Thickness 48.9705 𝑚𝑚

Head and Bottom Height 1.3452 𝑚

Total Tank Height 11.8038 𝑚

Nozzle Outlet Diameter 0.0607 𝑚

Nozzle Outlet Wall Thickness 8.9335 𝑚𝑚

Nozzle Inlet Diameter 0.065367 𝑚

Nozzle Inlet Wall Thickness 8.9369 𝑚𝑚

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DATA ASSUMPTIONS:
𝑘𝑔
 Mass flowrate: 14068.33 ℎ
 24 hours operation for 7 days
 Operating temperature is 30°𝐶
 Operating pressure is 1 atm
 Material of construction is stainless steel 304[1]
Torispherical Head and bottom is used
𝑘𝑔
Density of water at 30⁰C is 956.77 𝑚3

𝑘𝑔
Density of Glucose at 30⁰C is 1531.11 𝑚3

𝑘𝑔
Density of Fructose at 30⁰C is 1596.34 𝑚3

𝑘𝑔
Density of Phenolics at 30⁰C is 1127.08 𝑚3

𝑘𝑔
Density of CaCO3 at 30⁰C is 2713.43 𝑚3

Average density of solution:

𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 = 𝑿𝑯𝟐𝑶 𝝆𝑯𝟐𝑶 + 𝑿𝑮𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝝆𝑮𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆 + 𝑿𝑭𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝝆𝑭𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒆

+ 𝑿𝑷𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝝆𝑷𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒔 + 𝑿𝑪𝒂𝑪𝑶𝟑 𝝆𝑪𝒂𝑪𝑶𝟑

𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝝆𝒂𝒗𝒆 = (0.7342𝑥 956.77 3
) + (0.0536𝑥 1531.11 3 )
𝑚 𝑚
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
+ (0.0011𝑥 1596.34 3 ) + (0.0020𝑥 1127.08 3 )
𝑚 𝑚
𝑘𝑔
+ (0.2036𝑥 2713.43 3 )
𝑚
𝒌𝒈
𝝆𝒂𝒗𝒆 = 𝟏𝟑𝟒𝟎. 𝟗𝟗
𝒎𝟑
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Volumetric Flowrate:
𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑑
𝑉=
𝜌𝑎𝑣𝑒

𝑘𝑔
335794.445
𝑑𝑎𝑦
𝑉=
𝑘𝑔
1340.992512 3
𝑚

𝑚3
𝑉 = 250.41
𝑑𝑎𝑦

Tank Capacity:

𝑚3
250.41
𝑑𝑎𝑦
𝑉𝑡 =
1
𝑚3
𝑉𝑡 = 250.41
𝑑𝑎𝑦

Design Volume:

 Assumption: Volumetric Allowance of 20% (from Chemical

Process Equipment Selection and Design by S. M. Walas)

𝑉𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 𝑉𝑡 (1.2)

𝑚3
𝑉𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 250.41 (1.20)
𝑑𝑎𝑦

𝑉𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 300.49 𝑚3

Volume of Cylindrical Tank

Inside Tank Diameter

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 Assumptions:
o Height of the Tank = 1.5 of the Inside Diameter of Tank
o Volume of Torispherical Head is equal to 0.0809Di3 (from
Table 10-60 of Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook 8th
Edition by D. W. Green and R. H. Perry)

Table XX. Volume of Torispherical Head

𝑉 = 𝑉𝑐𝑦𝑙 + 2𝑉𝑡𝑜𝑟

𝜋 2
𝑉𝑐𝑦𝑙 = 𝑉𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 𝐷 𝐻
4 𝑖 𝑐𝑦𝑙

𝑉𝑡𝑜𝑟 = 0.0809 Di3

𝜋 2
𝑉= 𝐷 𝐻 + 2(0.0809 Di3 )
4 𝑖 𝑐𝑦𝑙
𝜋 2
𝑉= 𝐷 (1.5𝐷𝑖 ) + 2(0.0809Di3 )
4 𝑖
𝜋
300.49 𝑚3 = 𝐷2𝑖 (1.5𝐷𝑖 ) + 2(0.0809Di3)
4

𝐷𝑖 = 6.0756 𝑚

Height of the Cylinder:

𝐻𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 = 1.5𝐷𝑖

𝐻𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 = 1.5(6.0756 𝑚)
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𝐻𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 = 9.11 𝑚

Height of the Filter Cake:

𝜋 2
𝑉𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 = 𝐷 𝐻
4 𝑖 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒
𝜋
(250.41 𝑚3 ) = (6.0756)2 𝐻𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒
4

𝐻𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 = 8.64 𝑚

Working Pressure:

𝑃 = 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 + (𝜌𝑔ℎ)𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒

𝑘𝑔 𝑚
𝑃 = 101325 + (1340.99 3
)(9.81 2 )(8.64 𝑚)
𝑚 𝑠
𝑃 = 214,951 𝑃𝑎

Design Pressure:

 Assumption: The design pressure is normally 5 to 10 percent above the

working pressure (from Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design by
S. M. Walas)

𝐷𝑃 = 𝑃(1.10)

𝐷𝑃 = (214,951 𝑃𝑎)(1.10)

𝐷𝑃 = 236,446 𝑃𝑎

Shell Thickness:

 Assumption: Design Stress (f) of Stainless Steel 304 at 32°C is 165 MPa (from
Table 13.2 of Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design by S. M.
Walas)
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 A minimum of 0.35 in or 8.89 mm shall be used as the corrosion allowance, C

(from Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design by S. M. Walas)

𝑃𝑖 𝐷𝑖
𝑡𝑠,𝑒𝑓𝑓 = +𝐶
2𝑓 − 𝑃𝑖

(236,446& 𝑃𝑎)(6.0756 𝑚) 2.54 𝑐𝑚 1𝑚

𝑡𝑠,𝑒𝑓𝑓 = 6
+ (0.35𝑖𝑛) ( )( )
2(165 × 10 𝑃𝑎) − 236,446 𝑃𝑎 1 𝑖𝑛 100𝑐𝑚

𝑡𝑠,𝑒𝑓𝑓 = 0.01325 𝑚 = 13.25 𝑚𝑚

𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 = 4(𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠)

𝑡𝑠 = 4(13.25 𝑚𝑚)

𝑡𝑠 = 52.9852 𝑚𝑚

Outside Tank Diameter:

𝐷𝑜 = 𝐷𝑖 + 2𝑡𝑠

𝐷𝑜 = 6.0756 𝑚 + 2(0.052985 𝑚)

𝐷𝑜 = 6.1816 𝑚

Crown Radius:

𝐷𝑖
𝑅𝑐 =
2
6.0756 𝑚
𝑅𝑐 =
2
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𝑅𝑐 = 3.0378 𝑚

Knuckle Radius:

𝑅𝑘 = 0.06𝐷𝑖

𝑅𝑘 = 0.06(6.0756 𝑚)

𝑅𝑘 = 0.364533 𝑚

Stress Concentration:

1 𝑅𝑐
𝐶𝑠 = (3 + √ )
4 𝑅𝑘

1 3.0378 𝑚
𝐶𝑠 = (3 + √ )
4 0.364533 𝑚

𝐶𝑠 = 1.4717

Head Thickness:

 Assumption: The Maximum allowable joint efficiency for a single-weld butt is

0.9 (from Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design by S. M. Walas)

𝑃𝑖 𝑅𝑐 𝐶𝑠
𝑡ℎ = +𝐶
𝑏
,𝑒𝑓𝑓 2𝑓𝐽 + 𝑃𝑖 (𝐶𝑠 − 0.2)

(236,446 𝑃𝑎)(3.0378 𝑚)(1.4717)

𝑡ℎ =
𝑏
,𝑒𝑓𝑓 2(0.9)(175 × 106 𝑃𝑎) + (236,446 𝑃𝑎)(1.4717 − 0.2)
2.54 𝑐𝑚 1𝑚
+ (0.35 𝑖𝑛)( )( )
1 𝑖𝑛 100 𝑐𝑚

𝑡ℎ = 0.0122426 𝑚 = 12.2426 𝑚𝑚
,𝑒𝑓𝑓
𝑏

𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 = 4(𝑡ℎ )

,𝑒𝑓𝑓
𝑏
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𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 = 4(12.2426 𝑚𝑚)

𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 = 48.9705 𝑚𝑚

Height of Torispherical Head and Bottom

𝐻𝑡𝑜𝑟 = 3.5𝑡ℎ + 0.1935𝐷𝑜 − 0.455𝑡ℎ

𝐻𝑡𝑜𝑟 = 3.5(0.0489705 𝑚) + 0.1935(6.1816 𝑚) − 0.455(0.0489705 𝑚)

𝐻𝑡𝑜𝑟 = 1.3452 𝑚

Total Tank Height:

𝐻 = 𝐻𝑐𝑦𝑙 + 2𝐻𝑡𝑜𝑟

𝐻 = 9.11 𝑚 + 2(1.3452 𝑚)

𝐻 = 11.8038 𝑚

NOZZLE DESIGN

Nozzle Outlet Diameter

 Assumption: According to R. Datta the Superficial Velocity for Outlet Liquids

is equal to 1m/s.

𝑚3 1 𝑑𝑎𝑦 1 ℎ𝑟
𝑄𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 = 250.41 × ×
𝑑𝑎𝑦 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑘 24 ℎ𝑟𝑠 3600 𝑠

𝑚3
𝑄𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 = 0.002898
𝑠

𝑄 = 𝐴𝑣

𝑚3 𝜋 2 𝑚
0.002898 = 𝐷𝑜,𝑛 (1 )
𝑠 4 𝑠

𝐷𝑜,𝑛 = 0.0607 𝑚

Nozzle Outlet Wall Thickness

𝑃𝑖 𝐷𝑜,𝑛
𝑡𝑠 = +𝐶
2𝑓 − 𝑃𝑖
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(236,446 𝑃𝑎)(0.0607 𝑚)
𝑡𝑠 = + 0.00889 𝑚
2(165 × 106 𝑃𝑎) − 236,446 𝑃𝑎

𝑡𝑠 = 0.0089335 𝑚 = 8.9335 𝑚𝑚

Nozzle Inlet Diameter

 Assumption: According to R. Datta the ⍴v2 for the Inlet Fluids is equal to 1000
kg/m-s2

𝑘𝑔
𝜌𝑣 2 = 1000
𝑚 − 𝑠2

𝑘𝑔
1000
𝑣=√ 𝑚 − 𝑠2
𝑘𝑔
1340.99
𝑚3
𝑚
𝑣 = 0.86355
𝑠

𝑄 = 𝐴𝑣

𝑚3 𝜋 2 𝑚
0.002898 = 𝐷𝑜,𝑛 (0.86355 )
𝑠 4 𝑠

𝐷𝑖,𝑛 = 0.065367 𝑚

Nozzle Inlet Wall Thickness

𝑃𝑖 𝐷𝑖,𝑛
𝑡𝑠 = +𝐶
2𝑓 − 𝑃𝑖

(236,446 𝑃𝑎)(0.065367 𝑚)
𝑡𝑠 = + 0.00889 𝑚
2(165 × 106 𝑃𝑎) − 236,446 𝑃𝑎

𝑡𝑠 = 0.0089369 𝑚 = 8.9369 𝑚𝑚