Course detail

Design of Equipment for Process Industry

FSI-KSZAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is concerned with ageing/live time management of process equipment loaded at operational conditions. The content of the ageing/live time system of damage process of materials is explained. Mathematical descriptions of material damage processes as fatigue of materials, creep at elevated temperatures and corrosion are presented. The allowable growth of defects found by non-destructive examination and assessment procedures of material resistance against brittle crack are explained. The creation procedure of the process equipment damage scenario and choice of independent variables and their statistical distribution needed for computation of failure probability and risk of process equipment essential accident are illustrated.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Dr. Ing. Marcus Reppich

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge from elasticity and strength of structures, mechanics, limit states and theory of materials.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit requirements: Active attendance at seminars. The exam has written and oral parts, students have to prove acquired theoretical and practical knowledge.
Active attendance at lessons and training is checked. The written report has to be done when training was missed. This report has to be produced for verification.

Aims

The course objective is for students to acquire theoretical knowledge, to have an idea of technical literature including foreign literature and to be able to apply it to the design of equipment.
Students will be able to apply knowledge acquired during the study. They realize the damage process of materials is possible to influence and what operational conditions are needed. They realize that received tools have to be continually developed. They will have overview of the extent and quality of input data for lifetime / ageing management systems.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Anderson, T.L.: Fracture Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications. CRC Press, Inc. 1995 (EN)
C. F. Andreone and S. Yokell, Tubular heat exchanger inspection, maintenance, and repair. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. (EN)
DOWLING, Norman E. Mechanical behavior of materials: engineering methods for deformation, fracture, and fatigue. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007, 912 s. ISBN 0-13-186312-6 (EN)
G. A. Antaki, Fitness-for-service and integrity of piping, vessels, and tanks: ASME code simplifed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. (EN)
LEE, Yung-Li, Mark E BARKEY a Hong-Tae KANG. Metal fatigue analysis handbook: practical problem-solving techniques for computer-aided engineering. Waltham: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012, l, 580 s. ISBN 978-0-12-385204-5. (EN)
Lemaitre, J. & Chaboche, J.L.: Mechanics of Solid Materials. Cambridge University Press, 1990 (EN)
R. D. Port and H. M. Herro, The Nalco guide to boiler failure analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991. (EN)

Recommended reading

Němec, J.: Prodlužování životnosti konstrukcí a předcházení jejich haváriím, , 0
Vejvoda, S. - Suchánek, M. - Majer, L. - Podhora, J.: Navrhování a posuzování svařovaných konstrukcí a tlakových zařízení, , 0
Vejvoda, S. - Vlk, M.: Stavba chemických zařízení IIb. Pevnost a životnost tlakových nádob., , 0

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-PRI-P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Dr. Ing. Marcus Reppich

Syllabus

Lifetime / ageing management system of process equipments.
Basic requirements for structures and possibilities of designers.
Damage mechanisms of materials at operational conditions.
Material response on loading.
Stresses categories. Assessment of strength of structures at the monotonic growth load.
Assessment of damage of material at varying loading, high cyclic fatigue.
Assessment of damage of material at varying loading, low cyclic fatigue.
Assessment of resistance of material against brittle crack damage.
Allowed growth of defects.
Assessment of resistance of material against creep damage.
Assessment of damage of material by stress corrosion cracking.
Design philosophy of process equipments in accordance with the ASME Code and CSN standards.
Using of material damage for lifetime / ageing management systems.

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Dr. Ing. Marcus Reppich

Syllabus

Thematic problems: 1) Simple examples of using of lifetime / ageing management systems of process equipments. 2) Examples on stress response of structures with and without the notch at the monotonic growth load. 3) to 8) Examples on assessment of material damage at operational conditions. 9) Proposal of geometries of selected process equipment details in accordance with standards. 10) Examples of using of material damage for lifetime / ageing management systems.