High Temperature Pressure Vessels
Engineering design and simulation in the high temperature pressure vessels industry provides essential benefits by ensuring the safety, durability, and performance of vessels exposed to extreme thermal and pressure conditions. Through applying advanced simulation techniques, we can model the stresses, strains and thermal gradients that occur within pressure vessels, allowing for the optimisation of material selection, wall thickness and overall design. This helps to prevent failures, reduce the risk of catastrophic incidents and ensure compliance with rigorous engineering standards. Additionally, simulation allows for the identification and mitigation of potential issues early in the design phase, reducing the need for costly physical testing and prototyping. Overall, our integrated engineering design and simulation approach enhances the efficiency, safety and lifespan of high temperature pressure vessels across a wide range of industries including power generation, petrochemicals and manufacturing.
Our engineering design and simulation services extend to a wide range of high temperature and/or high pressure vessel applications, including:
- High temperature pressure vessels and shell-tube heat exchangers (to ASME BPVC Section VIII Division 2, AS 1210 or similar).
- Waste heat recovery units (WHRU), heat recovery steam generators (HRSG), once through steam generators (OTSG), economisers and ducting.
- Sinter plants, coke ovens, reformers and iron ore pelletising furnaces/kilns.
- Aluminium/lead/zinc smelters, lime/cement kilns and alumina/cement calciners.
- Flue gas chimneys/stacks (to ASME STS-1, CICIND, IS 6533 or similar).
- Bricked and monolithic refractory linings, including anchors, wall seats and shelves.
- High temperature piping, ducting and metallic and fabric expansion bellows.
- Transportation vessels (i.e. portable vacuum units) exposed to high pressure conditions.
Fracture Mechanics
Combining fracture mechanics theory and simulation with measurement allows accurate prediction of crack growth in critical components.
Root Cause Failure Analysis
Root cause analysis of failures in equipment allows solutions to be developed that mitigate future issues.