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INTRODUCTION:-
TYPES OF AFC:-
CONSTRUCTION OF AFC:-
When vendor is not giving thermal displacement we are modeling the AFC
with available temperature and weight data.
Whole AFC has been supported at four end on PTFE (Teflon) pad.
One header act as fixed and other as floating end.
See vendor drawing for defining support nodes as fixed or floating.
As per fig-1 , north side header (nodes 535 to 635) is fixed and
hence south side header (nodes 720 to 730 ) is floating end.
Define fixed end nodes 535 and 635. Give Rest (Y) support with
0.1 friction co-efficient, Axial stop (X) North-south directional stop
with 2 mm gap , and Guide (Z)East-west with standard* 12 mm gap
as per API-661 at both nodes.
Define floating end nodes 720 and 730. Give Rest (Y) support
with 0.1 friction co-efficient and Guide ( Z ) East-west with
standard* 12 mm gap as per API-661 at both nodes.
Note:- * Guide gap can be increase as per lateral thermal movement of the
AFC to avoid excessive nozzle load. Practically for that slot length
can be increase after approval of equipment department and
vendor.
MODELLING PART AFTER DEFINING C-NODE ANCHOR NODE
(SPLIT HEADER)
LOAD CASES FOR STATIC AND WIND ANALYSIS (for known displacement)
CASE2 :- W+P1+T1+D1 (OPE) ------------Design temperature case
CASE3 :- W+P1+T2+D1 (OPE) ------------Operating temperature case
CASE4 :- W+P1+D1 (SUS)
CASE5 :- W+P1+T2 +D1+WIN1 (OPE)
CASE6 :- W+P1+T2 +D1+WIN2 (OPE)
CASE7 :- W+P1+T2 +D1+WIN3 (OPE)
CASE8 :- W+P1+T2 +D1+WIN4 (OPE)
D1 to be added in above mentioned cases and other load cases will be same .
CHECK POINTS:-
Check nozzle allowable for cases 2 , 3 and 4, must be less than
allowable as per Jamnagar refinery spec of AFC or given by
vendor.
Check sustain stresses in case 4.
Check occasional case (wind) stresses in case 13 , 14 , 15 and 16
cases.
Check expansion stresses in 17 and 18 cases.
Loads for support design to be taken from load summary sheet,
and it is result of case 2, 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 . There is combination of
load for maximum static and maximum composite loading.