CHAPTER 7

DESIGN OF EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM

7.0 DESIGN OF EXHAUST PIPE

Design Parameters from Catalogue
Pipe Nominal Diameter 600 mm
Pipe Maximum Velocity 40m/sec

TABLE E.25 Principal Properties of Commercial Pipe (Metric

Data) page 2257 of PIPING HANDBOOK by Mohinder L. Nayyar

Nominal Outside Wall Inside

Diameter, Diameter Thickness(mm) Diameter(mm)
(mm) (mm)

600 609.6 9.525 590.55

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7.1 DIMENSIONS OF SILENCER
Design Parameters from Catalogue

7.2 TYPE OF SMOKE STACK: GUYED STEEL STACKS

From MaK Genset Catalogue
Exhaust stack gas temperature 320° C
From PPE by Morse, p. 493 10.67 m/sec

7.2.1 Height of the Stack, H:

From Power Plant Engineering by Morse Page 494

D = Height x difference in density of flue gas and air

D = H (ρair - ρgas )

Di
Hs = x 30 m
D

Where:
D = Available draft per 30 m of chimney

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 Hs = Height of the chimney, m

From Power Plant Engineering by Morse, Page 495

Figure 12-44 Variation of air and flue gas densities with

temperature.

kg⁄ kg⁄
ρair = 1.16 m3 ρgas = 0.63 m3

V5
D = K (ρair -ρgas ) - 0.007578ρgas √
Qeg

Where:

K = 2.4 for steel stacks

V = gas velocity in the chimney, m/sec

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 Qeg = Gas flow, m3/sec

Thus,

(10.67m/sec)5
D = 2.4(1.16-0.63) - 0.007578(0.63)√
10.956𝑚3 /𝑠𝑒𝑐

D = 0.74 m H2O = 74 cm H2o

Also, from Power Plant Engineering by Morse, p. 495 we have,

Di = 0.004 Vƒg2dg, cm H2O

Where:

vƒg = flue gas velocity in the chimney

dg = density flue gas, kg/m3

Substituting the values:

Di = (0.004) (10.67 m/sec) 2(0.63 kg/m3)

Di = 0.29 m H2O (29 cm H2O)

Therefore,

29
𝐻𝑠 = 𝑥 30 𝑚
74

Hs = 12 m

7.2.2 Thickness of Smoke Stack

From PSME Code, 2008 Ed. Chapter 2. Table 2.1

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 Stack Diameter, Thickness of
Weight of Stack
mm. Materials

750 mm 3.57 mm 75.39 kg/m

Specification of Smoke Stack

Type : Guyed stack

Diameter : 750 mm

Height : 12 m

Thickness : 3.57 mm

Materials : Galvanized steel

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