Pressure vessels are critical components used across various industrial applications, and their design must comply with strict regulatory codes to ensure safety and functionality. The client needed a welded-construction steel vessel design which would comply with these codes and would also meet specific requirements including:
- Overall dimensions and nozzle positions
- Operating and design pressures
- Operating and design temperatures
- Type of operating fluids
- Minimum capacity
- Material specifications
- Corrosion allowance
Jesmond Engineering developed a detailed design based on the PD5500 code. The vessel was sized, modelled, and drawn to reflect the client’s specifications. The design process included: CAD modeling of the pressure vessel, generation of detailed manufacturing drawings, incorporation of all client-provided parameters and verification of design integrity through advanced structural analysis.
To further validate the design, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was performed on selected features of the vessel andconfirmed the reliability of the design calculations under operational loads.
The FEA results showed good agreement with the PD5500 code-based analytical calculations, confirming the structural soundness of the pressure vessel design. Key deliverables included detailed CAD models with manufacturing-ready technical drawings and a comprehensive engineering report outlining analysis methodology and results.
The documentation provided by Jesmond Engineering supported the formal approval of the design and enabled the client to manufacture the vessel.
The Finite Element Analysis provided additional validation of critical features giving the client confidence in the design and the final report gave the proof of compliance to the required legal and safety standards which was needed.
The clear technical drawings also enabled efficient fabrication reducing the time to manufacture and limiting production costs.
