Course detail

Construction of Process Equipment II

FSI-KKRAcad. year: 2026/2027

A prerequisite for the safe and economical design of process equipment is a high-quality static analysis of strain and stress in process equipment subjected to operating conditions. Students will learn to use basic computational methods. They will also become more familiar with legislation and its development from the past to the present state. Great attention is devoted to European standards for the design of unfired pressure vessels (ČSN EN 13445) and to the widely used standard in this field, ASME BPVC. In the practical exercises, students will perform strength calculations of equipment both manually and using computational software commonly employed for such purposes in practice. Furthermore, they will become acquainted with the fundamental principles of designing steel structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Dr. Ing. Marcus Reppich

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of stress and strength, mechanics and material science.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Active participation in the exercises is required. Preparation of the semester project and its defense. The exam consists of written and oral part, in which the student must demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge.
Participation in the lessons is controlled. In the case of missed exercises, it is necessary to add a written paper, which must be submitted for inspection.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with valid legislation, especially in the field of strength design of heat exchangers and pressure vessels according to PED 2014/68/EU. The aim of the subject is the ability to design pressure equipment in accordance with this directive. To accomplish this, practical and theoretical preparation (theory of shells, calculations of steel constructions and knowledge of standards) of students is necessary so that the students are able to design the process equipment individually and correctly.
The course provides students with a basic overview of applied standards and software for design of apparatuses, pipelines and steel structures. Students will learn how to solve basic computational problems and asses the suitability of the design. They will be introduced to the Sant'Ambrogio and Visual Vessel Design computational programs, which are used in practice to control computing of pressure equipment according to the most used standards.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Český normalizační institut, ČESKÁ TECHNICKÁ NORMA, Netopené tlakové nádoby, ČSN EN 13445. 2015. (CS)
G. A. Antaki, Fitness-for-service and integrity of piping, vessels, and tanks: ASME code simplifed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. (EN)
G. F. Hewitt, Ed., Heat exchanger design handbook, 1998. New York: Begell House, 1998. (EN)
R. K. Sinnott, G. Towler, and R. K. Sinnott, Chemical engineering design, 5. ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2009. (EN)
R. W. Nichols, Pressure Vessel Enineering Technology, vol. 1971. London: Applied Science Publisher. (EN)
S. Chattopadhyay, Pressure vessels: design and practice, 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-PRI-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory, profile core courses

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Dr. Ing. Marcus Reppich

Syllabus

Introduction to calculation and design of process equipment.
Standards for pressure vessels, transition to standards of the European Union, PED 2014/68/EU.
Technical requirements of EN 13445.
Structure and activity of supervisors for the dedicated facilities.
Analysis of apparatus design according to EN 13445.
Analysis of apparatus design according to ASME BPVC.
Supplementary standards for apparatus design.
Comparing the most used standards in the world.
Principles of apparatus design.
Design of steel structures.
Design and calculations of flange joints
Design and Calculation of Piping Systems
Using finite element method.

Computer-assisted exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Dr. Ing. Marcus Reppich

Syllabus

The exercises will be based on the practical examples. Students are divided into teams in which they solve the complex strength design of the devices from the initial assignment, through manual calculations according to the standards, control of their own manual calculations with commercial software then processing the drawing documentation to the proposed equipment. In the exercises the students present the results in the form of a presentation, advocating their results.