COURSE OVERVIEW

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Process/Static Equipment Mechanical Design as per ASME/TEMA Code. It covers the process/static equipment design; the importance of compliance with ASME/TEMA codes and the roles and responsibilities of mechanical designers; the design principles, material selection criteria, material properties and material testing; the certification requirements and considerations for special materials; the scope and applicability of ASME Section VIII Div. 1; and the design conditions and designing pressure calculations, heads, shells, and nozzles.
Further, the course will discuss the reinforcement calculations and minimum thickness requirements; the design supports and attachments, closures openings and reinforcements; the flange and gasket design for pressure vessels; the code requirements for pressure vessel fabrication and testing and examination and inspection requirements; the TEMA standards for heat exchanger design; the types of heat exchangers and their applications and design considerations; and the pass partition design and sealing arrangements, nozzle and piping connections and tube-to-tube sheet joints and tube-to-tube joints.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the heat exchanger fabrication, inspection, and testing requirements including thermal design considerations and calculations; the API 650 and API 620 standards and design considerations for atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks; designing tank shells, roofs, and bottoms; the nozzle and opening design, tank foundations and anchoring requirements; the tank fabrication, inspection, and testing requirements; the tank integrity assessment and maintenance; the stress analysis and evaluating critical locations; the design optimization and cost considerations; and the quality control, documentation, and compliance.