01 May, 2021

    The Chemical Engineering Department under the Institution of Engineers India (IEI)  organized an online training program on ‘Process Engineering and Design’ from February to April 2021. The Session-9 entitled “Important Aspects of Mechanical Design of Process Equipments” was conducted on 1st May, 2021, on Microsoft Teams under the coordination of Prof. U. P. Christian. The webinar was conducted by expert Prof. S. B. Thaore (Associate Professor, Chemical Engg. Dept, VGEC). The training program was attended by 88 U.G. & P.G. students of Chemical Engineering from various institutes of Gujarat.

    The prime objective of this training program was to discuss the stepwise procedure for the design of process plant equipment such as shell & tube heat exchanger, distillation column, absorb pump, flowmeters and piping. Along with, to provide them guidance about the selection criteria among the different types of equipment & the mechanical design of pressure vessels. Also, the students were made aware of the software such as HTRI and ASPEN for the design and simulation of equipment with the help of different case studies.

    During the training program, the expert discussed the fundamentals of the mechanical design of process equipment, concepts of material selection for process equipment & basic aspects of the design of pressure vessels. He also told the participants about different case studies on pressure vessel design under external pressure. The participants got the knowledge of how to decide the value of internal design pressure, external design pressure and design temperature. They also learned about which metals or metallic alloys are used as MoCs at very high temperature as well as at very low temperature or for cryogenic applications. They also understood the difference between the most commonly used material of construction for equipment, mild steel and carbon steel along with the procedure to design the shell of the pressure vessel.