In addition to the core pressure vessel rerating services offered, Inzaption has experience and is able to assist in the following areas:
Misc. Pressure Vessel:
- Code calculations supporting repairs to existing pressure vessels and heat exchangers.
- Appendix 2 flange design and calculations.
- Flange bolting requirements.
Piping Systems:
- Pipe Stress Analysis for high energy systems (steam, condensate, hot water, etc.)
- Piping support reaction forces
- Nozzle loadings on pumps, vessels, and other equipment
- Expansion joint sizing
- Spring can/hanger sizing
- WRC analysis of branch connections
- Development of pipe specifications
Hydraulic Analysis of Piping Systems:
- Open and closed systems
- Incompressible and compressible flow
- Utility Studies - Evaluation of plant process utilities (Compressed Air, Nitrogen, Natural Gas, Cooling Water, Chilled Water, etc.) to determine existing capabilities, evaluate future demands, and recommended improvements.
- Pump sizing
- Control valve sizing
Rotating Equipment Specifications & Sizing:
- Pumps - Centrifugal, Positive Displacement, etc.
- Fans
- Blowers
Tank Design and Specifications:
- API-650 - Welded Tanks for Oil Storage
- API-620 - Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks
- NFPA 22 - Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection
- UL-142 - Aboveground Flammable Liquid Tanks
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Primary focus on static stress analysis
Code Knowledge:
ASME BPVC Section I - Rules for Construction of Power Boilers
ASME BPVC Section VIII, Div. 1 - Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
ASME BPVC Section VIII, Div. 2 - Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels - Alternate Rules
ASME PCC-1 - Guidelines for Pressure Boundary Bolted Flange Joint Assembly
ASME B16 Series
API-510 - Pressure Vessel inspection Code
API-570 - Piping Inspection Code
API-579 - Fitness-For-Service
API-610 - Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries
API-653 - Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction
API-660 - Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
National Board Inspection Code (NBIC)
Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (TEMA)
International Building Code (IBC) - Primarily seismic and wind loading criteria
ASCE 7 - Primarily seismic and wind loading criteria
NFPA 22 - Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection
NFPA 30 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
AWWA D100 - Welded Carbon Steel Tanks for Water Storage
Software Experience:
AutoCAD
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk FEA - Simulation Mechanical, Nastran In-CAD, Fusion 360
COMPRESS/INSPECT
PV Elite
NozzlePRO
Caesar II
PIPE-FLO