Reactor Support 1

[DDChem]

Hello, I'd like someone to point me in the right direction on this. I'm looking for information on how reactor supports are designed. I'm looking for the ones that are angles with two (2) 45 degree gussets. The reactor hangs through the floor. Similar to what is shown in the image below:

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1...gws-wiz-img.gRqjDW_lcUA#imgrc=EVY1CJ0R46Vb6M:

More specifically, I'm wondering how to calculate steel thickness and dimensions required.

Thank you.

 

[MJCronin]

These are pressure vessel supports commonly known as "lugs" .... There are no special "reactor supports"

The supports must be designed as part of the overall design of the vessel, which is typically in conformance with the rules of ASME VIII

https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=449398

The pressure vessel design book by Dennis Moss gives a methodology.

https://www.amazon.com/Dennis-R.-Moss/e/B001KIUBR8

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

 

[DDChem]

Thank you! That's exactly what I'm looking for. Do you know if there is a standard to follow if I want to use lugs to support something other than a pressure vessel? I'd like to use them to support chutes through a floor.

 

[MJCronin]

No.... there is no standard.

There is no "Standard" or "Chart" for everything ..... Perhaps once you understand the methodology and do a little bit of work you can develop one and share it with us ?

This is exactly what separates the engineers from the clerks ....

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

 

[DDChem]

Thanks for confirming. Just wanted to check before I went ahead and reinvent the wheel. Now I can invent.

 

[thebard3]

Don't know how large your reactor is, but don't forget that an agitated reactor can impart a significant radial load, or torsion if you will, on the support structure, caused by the whirling contents impacting a baffle or any other internal protuberances.

Brad Waybright

It's all okay as long as it's okay.