I am currently looking at a CSTR in which an homogeneous liquid phase reaction takes place and am trying to determine how to approach a mechanical design of such a liquid vessel.
I know how to carry out a mechanical design for a pressure vessel ( eg for a vessel occupied with gases at an elevated pressure).
What I would like to ask is:
1- Is a liquid vessel considered to be a pressure vessel? I thought that as liquid reactions are unaffected by pressure these reactions are always carried out at ambient pressure..?
2- When considering the design is the procedure the same as that of a pressure vessel? Before I go into the mechanical design what considerations do I have to make concerning the amount of pressure exerted on the vessel's wall besides the hydrostatic pressure?