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[ankur2061]

Vessel design is a much neglected subject for chemical engineers since it is still considered by many including yours truly the domain of a mechanical engineer. Although I haven't done any mechanical design including vessel thickness calculations I certainly do know where to get the required information specially for a student.

Following are some resources from which you could get the required information:

1. Process Equipment Design by Brownell & Young (this book was part of the prescribed books during my Chemical Engineering undergraduate course)

2. Pressure Vessel Design Manual by D.R. Moss

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ankur.

[kkala]

Another good introductory book is "J.M. Coulson & J.F. Richardson, Chemical Engineering Volume 6", Pergamon Press. Only Chapter 13 concerns "Mechanical Design of Process Equipmant" (90 pages), but rest Chapters may be also of interest.
If the filter is a vacuum drum filter, basics of mechanical design could be found in chapter 13.7 "Design of vessels subject to external pressure".

[Art Montemayor]

This is a subject I've gone into great detail in prior years in our Forums. If you use our SEARCH feature, you will find the related threads and information therein.

I have never found a better source of design and background information on pressure vessel design than Eugene Megyesy's great and popular classic book, " Pressure Vessel Handbook". I highly recommend you obtain a copy of this book and read it thoroughly. You will find it not only interesting and profitable, but very educational.