INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ON COMBINED PRESSURE VESSEL COLUMN

In this paper we have investigated the temperature distribution of the cracked portion of the pressure vessel. Temperature distribution on tall pressure vessel is always a challenging area of design in oil and gas industry. For example, it is needed to investigate temperature distribution in the vessel which is mounted in offshore platform before erecting the platform. In offshore vessel always faces different ranges of temperatures. The bottom portion of the vessel faces some range of temperature and the mid and top areas of the vessel faces different temperatures. For preventing temperature effect on the vessel surface, it is better if the designer perform temperature analysis before erecting the vessel. In this paper, we develop a new procedure to perform temperature analysis.