Analyses of alternate skirt attachments to coke drums
Analyses of alternate skirt attachments to coke drums
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焦炭塔替代裙边附件的分析
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
J. Taagepera
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作者:
L. Antalffy;J. Baxter;D. Malek;K. Bardia;J. Taagepera
One of the most sensitive areas to cracking in coke drums is the skirt to shell attachment joint. The severe thermal cycling from drum heat up and quenching together with the cycling pressure stresses in the drum acting on the skirt geometry will cause large stress intensity concentrations at the skirt to shell junction. This paper investigates four types of skirt attachments to a coke drum, namely: the conventional fillet weld attachment to the drum cone; a fillet weld attachment to the outside of the vessel shell; a modified design where the skirt is attached by an externally blended weld build up with an internally radiused backing weld; and a design where the skirt is attached to the drum shell by an integral contour machined plate in which the skirt attachment stub is machined. In each case, the thermal gradient and the subsequent thermal stress intensity in the skirt are determined. A comparison of the total stress intensities in each joint is provided to evaluate the comparative advantages of each design. A determination is also made on the effects of slotting in the skirt to alleviate the total stress intensity level in the skirt.