THIS PRINT IS NOT CONTROLLED @ Reliance Engineering Associates Private Limited (REAL Piping design guide P-EP-PL-043-0A Piping design - Drum ‘DiPiping design guides\Pipng oslgn ude Drum doe Page tafea Reliance Engineering Associates Private Limited QQ Contents 1. Purpose. 2. Definition and description... 3. Type of Drums... 4, General arrangement of Drums.. 5. Platform arrangement... 6. Piping arrangement... 7. Attachments Exhibit .A - Typical vertical compressor suction drum Exhibit .B - Typical horizontal reflux drum Exhibit .C - Typical arrangement of deaerator Exhibit .D — Drum location in a tower reflux system Exhibit .E — Location of feed surge and compressor suction drum Exhibit F —Drum arrangement in an enclosed plant structure Exhibit .G—NPSH elevation requirement for horizontal drum Exhibit HH - Typical arrangement for underground drum Exhibit 11 - Typical arrangement for leg supported drum Exhibit J -‘Typical arrangement for lug supported drum Exhibit K- Typical arrangement for saddle supported drum Exhibit L—Typical arrangement for drum with mixer Exhibit M-Platform arrangement at a horizontal drum Exhibit N-Platform arrangement ata vertical drum Papezae DiPiping design guidesa Reliance Engineering Assoclates Private Limited Exhibit .O - Typ. Drum platform arrangements Exhibit .P — Hor. Drum platform and ladder elevation requirement Exhibit .Q - Hor. Drum platform floor space area requirement Exhibit RR - Vertical drum platform floor space area requirement Exhibit S$ — Typical drum boot layout Exhibit.’ Horizontal drum pipe supports Exhibit. U — Typ. Pump suction arrangement Exhibit. V- Typ. Relief valve piping arrangement Exhibit. W- Typ. Drum piping arrangement ‘DaPiping design ues Piping Gosen Gude Drum doe Page 36a Reliance Engineering Associates Private Limited a 1. Purpose ‘The purpose of this guide is to provide uniform guidance for the plant design layout of the drums. This document is not intended to supplement nor supersede state or local rules, codes and/or regulation. ‘The designer shall make reference to piping specification P-GS-PL-003-0A (Piping design & plant layout) for required distances between drums and adjacent process equipment. 2. Definitions and descriptions Drum are cylindrical hollow steel vessels used in process plants as intermediate container that receive liquid for distillation and condensing equipment and also collect liquid from vapour circuits and pump it t0 other process groups, disposal or product storage. Drums are also used for chemical and catalyst storage, steam separation and de-aeration of boiler feed water. This guide highlights the requirements for drum layout and provides information required locating nozzles, instruments, piping, controls and platform relating to maintenance, operation and safety. 3. Types of drums surge, suction and general liquid collection. Drums are generally i horizontally and vertically mounted. Drums internal are far less sophisticated than the components found inside the distillation tower and are limited to baffles, demister pad, vortex breaker and distribution piping. Exhibit — A shows a typical vertical compressor suction drum and horizontal Exhibit -B shows the horizontal reflux drum. Deaerator is usually an integral part of steam drum. Exhibit — C illustrates a typical arrangement of deaerator. 4, General arrangement of drums Drums are normally located within the process unit either adjacent to related equipment (e.g. Reflux drum) or as a standalone operation (e.g. condensate collection drum). When operating within the process sequence of the related items (e.g. Pumps, condensers, and towers), the drum should be positioned to facilitate orderly and economic interconnecting piping. The drums and their related items are generally located on either side of the central pipe ack serviced by auxiliary road for maintenance access. Flash drum and deacrator are located above the piperack Exhibit — D shows the drum location in a tower reflux system and Exhibit - E shows the typical location of feed surge and compressor suction drum. The drum arrangement in an enclosed plant structure is as shown in Exhibit - F. Drum elevation is dictated by NPSH as illustrated in Exhibit — G, minimum clearance, common platforming, maintenance and operators access. Within structures, especially chemical facilites, ‘drums could be elevated above the min. requirements depending on the floor space availability, Drums for chemical collection system to be located below ground in concrete pits as shown in Exhibit—H. ‘Diping design gudeslPiping design gude-Drumdoe Page aota Reliance Engineering Associates Private Limited The size and location of the drum influence methods of support. Large vertical drums are supported by skirts. Small vertical drums are supported by legs as shown in Exhibit - I or by lugs if elevated within the structure as shown in Exhibit ~J. ‘Horizontal drums are supported by saddles from concrete piers or steel frames if elevated within the structure as shown in Exhibit ~K. The first step in drum layout is setting the elevation of the drum. To accomplish this following details are required. a) Drum dimension b) Support details c) NPSH requirement of the pump 4) Bottom outlet size €) Min, clearance required 1) Location 8) Insulation requirement Removal space should be provided above the drums furnished with mixer. The typical arrangement is shown in Exhibit —L. 5. Platform arrangements Platform arrangement at a horizontal drum and vertical drum is illustrated in Exhibit - M and Exhibit —N respectively. For tall vertical drums, platforms are usually circular and supported by brackets attached to the drum shell. Platforms at the horizontal drum are of rectangular and are supported by the brackets attached to the concrete piers supporting the drum or trunnion attached to the shell of the drum. Exhibit - © shows the different types of platform support arrangement for horizontal and vertical drums. Platform elevation for vertical drum is set by items that require operation and maintenance. On tall vertical and highly elevated horizontal drum, the platform elevation is determined by max. Ladder run of 30 ft. Exhibit ~ P illustrates the horizontal drum platform and ladder elevation requirements. Platform floor space is requirements for horizontal and vertical drums are shown in Exhibit - Q and Exhibit - R respectively. As required by process, horizontal drums are sometimes furnished with small vertical drum called boot, attached to the underside of the drum. Special consideration must be given to the arrangement of additional platforming for access to the instrumentation on the boot. Typical arrangement is shown in Exhibit - S. ‘Dibiping design gudoaPpng dosen gudeDnmsse Page ste@ Reliance Engineering Associates Private Limited Q 6. Piping arrangements Piping at drums should be arranged in conjunction with nozzle location, platform arrangement and the drum location related equipment. Piping should be positioned to facilitate the installation of supports with sufficient flexibility to absorb excessive stresses during operation. Piping at horizontal free standing drum should be supported cither from the shell of the drum, platform steel or the concrete piers supporting the drum. Piping associated with drums located within the structures should be supported from the structural steel. Exhibit - T shows the typical pipe supports at horizontal drum and Exhibit - U shows a typical piping suction arrangement Typical drum piping arrangement is shown in Exhibit - W. Relief valves that are open to atmosphere on low elevated horizontal or vertical drum should be positioned to allow the discharge piping to be routed to a safe and convenient location. Closed system relief valves should be located at a convenient platform adjacent to the drum above the relief valve header. Relief valve inlet piping shall be as shorter as possible to reduce pressure drop. The typical relief valve piping arrangement is shown in Exhibit -V. Level, pressure, temperature gauges are used to control the operation of the drum. Hence they should be placed in a position which allows the operator to access easily to read the gauge dial. ‘The valves, level controllers, switches must be located in such a way that they are accessible from a ladder if no platform is available at the required elevation. ‘Diiping design gusesiPiping desi puldeDrmdos SSS aea Reliance Engineering Associates Private Limited a. 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