Question No 1

Given below the detail of Steam Drum for following design conditions

Design Temperature 245 deg.cent.

Inside Diameter 960 mm
Thickness of drum plate 25 mm
Material SA- 516 Gr. 70
Allowable Stress upto 260 deg. C temp. 1406 Kg/cm2
Drilling Pattern of tube holes is as under

Longitudinal Pitch 125 mm

Circumferencial Pitch 86 mm
Dia. Of Hole 64 mm
i) Calculate the minimum ligament efficiency .
ii) Calculate the maximum permissible pressure for the drum.
iii) Whether this can be used for given pressure of 45 Kg/cm2, at 256 deg. C ;
a) If the drum is undrilled ?
b) If the drum is has only opening for 200 NB x sch. 80 (219.1 O.D. x 12.7 mm Thk.)
Stand pipe at the top; having NO inside projection. & alloable stress of pipe is 1202 Kg/cm2.
find out whether 10 mm thick reinforcement pad with max. allowed width will be sufficient ?
Allowable stress of pad is same as that for drum. Weld area is negligible.

Question No 2
Detail of 2:1 Semi-ellipsoidal dished end of steam drum are as below

Design Temperature 260 deg.C

Inside Diameter 800 mm
Thickness of plate 20 mm
Forming Allowance 10%
Internal crown Radius 720 mm
Manhole opening at center of crown 320 mm dia.
Allowable stress for dish-end & RF pad 1406 Kg/cm2
i) Calculate the maximum allowable pressure for plain dished end.
ii) Calculate the required thickness of Reinforcement pad for dished end with manhole
opening at given pressure of 50 Kg/cm2 at 260 deg. C ; considering max.allowed width of pad.

Question No 3
Given below are the detail of common Drain Header

Design Temperature 550 deg.C

Header pipe size & material 100 NB x Sch. XXS SA-335 P91
Stub size & material 25 NB x Sch. 80 SA-335 P91
End Cover material SA-182 F91
Long. Pitch 85 mm
Circum. Pitch of stubs 40 Deg.
Allowable stress of header , stub &
end cover at design temp. 1074 Kg/cm2

i) Calculate the minimum ligament efficiency.

ii) Calculate maximum permissible pressure of header.
iii) Calculate the required thickness of header end cover if given pressure is 150 kg/cm2 at same temp.
iv) Find out the results at i),ii) & iii) if only the size of header is changed to 150 NB x sch.160.
Question no 9
A radiant superheater has following design parameters, check whether the coils of this superheater
can be used for maxumum working pressure of 180 Kg/cm2
Tube size 44.5 mm
Material: SA 213 Gr T11 4.06 mm
Temp. of superheater steam 340 Deg.C
Allowable stress for the material can be taken from following table
Temp. in Deg. C 325 350 375 400 425
Stress value in kg/cm2 1096 1078 1059 1039 1014

Question no 10
Two numbers of spring loaded full lift safety valve are mounted on steam drum having following
specifications
Drum Pressure 24 kg/cm2
Size of safety valve 2" x 3"
Valve seat diameter 32.5 mm
Heating heating surface area of boiler 400 Sq. mtrs.
Verify whether their relieving capacity is ample to discharge the steam generated in the drum.