PDVSA

ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL

VOLUME 21

ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION

PDVSA N° TITLE

A2.701 VESSELS TOLERANCES

(VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL)

1 DEC.98 GENERAL REVISION 2 Y.K. A.A. J.E.R.

0 MAR.92 ORIGINAL 1 J.S. E.S.

REV. DATE DESCRIPTION PAG. REV. APPD. APPD.

APPD.BY Alexis Arévalo DATE DEC.98 APPD.BY Jesús E. Rojas DATE DEC.98

E PDVSA, 1983 SPECIALISTS

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2 VESSEL; TOLERANCES
(ELEVATION)

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1. HEIGHT FROM BASE LINE TO FACE OF TOP NOZZLE
± 1/4” OR 1/64” PER FOOT OF HEIGT 3/4” MAX.
17 2. NOZZLES FOR AGITATOR MOUNTING SHALL HAVE
5 FLANGE FACE ALIGNED WITHIN 1/4” OF SPECIFIED
14 PLANE PLUS REQUIREMENTS OF NOTE 28.
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3. DISTANCE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP OF TRAY SUPPORTS ± 1/8”
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4. WEIR HEIGHT± 1/16” MEASURED AT HIGH POINT OF WEIR.

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5. VERTICAL CLEARANCE UNDER DOWNFLOW PLATE FOR

INSTALLED TRAYS ± 1/16”.
6. FACE OF NOZZLE TO CENTERLINE OF VESSEL..... ± 1/8”
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19 7. ALIGNMENT OF FLANGE FACE OF NOZZLE SHALL BE
WITHIN 1/2” OF SPECIFIED PLANE.

8. LOCATION OF SHELL NOZZLES FROM BASE LINE SHALL

BE ± 1/4” FOR SHOP FABRICATED VESSELS OR SUB–
6 ASSEMBLIES: AND ± 1/2” FOR FIELD ASSEMBLED
1 VESSELS. WHEN LOCATION IS SPECIFIED FROM OTHER
20 REFERENCE POINTS, TOLERANCE SHALL BE ... ± 1/8”
9. ALIGNMENT OF FLANGE FACE OF MANWAY SHALL BE
WITHIN 1° OF SPECIFIED PLANE.

10. FACE OF MANWAY TO CENTERLINE OF VESSEL ...± 1/2”

7 21 11. LOCATION OF MANWAYS FROM BASE LINE SHALL BE
± 1/2” FOR SHOP FABRICATED VESSEL AND SUB
ASSEMBLIES AND + 1” FOR FIELD ASSEMBLED VESSELS
12. BOTTOM OF VESSEL SUPPORT TO BASE LINE + 0”,–1/32
10 PER FOOT OF VESSEL DIAMETER , 1/2” MAX.
9 22 13. FOR SUPPORTS LOCATED ABOVE BASELINE, TOLERANCES
SHALL BE + 0”,–1/32” PER FOOT OF VESSEL DIAMETER, 1/2”MAX.

26 14. ALIGMENT OF CYLINDRICAL SHELL SECTIONS SHALL BE

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TRUE AND STRAIGHT WITHIN 0.01” PER FOOT OF HEIGHT
FROM BASE LINE BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED...3/4”
22 15. HIGH–POINT TO LOW–POINT OF INSTALLED TRAY LEVEL
AND PLANE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING.
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VESSEL ID *CLASS A *CLASS B

11 < 60” 1/8” 3/16”

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>60” TO <120” 3/16” 1/4”
13 23 >120” 1/4” 3/8”
16. FAR SIDE OF TOWER TO PLATE ....±1/8”

17. WEIRS SHALL BE LEVEL WITHIN ± 1/16” FROM A LEVEL

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PLANE AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE WEIR.
18. TRAY SPACING ± 1/8”
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19. LOCATION OF TRAY PLATES FROM BASE LINE ...+1/8”
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* CLASS A AND CLASS B TOLERANCES WILL BE GOVERNED

BY THE TYPE OF TRAY SPECIFIED. THIS INFORMATION
WILL BE PER THE TRAY SPECIFICATION SHEET/HYDRAULICS.

THESE TOLERANCES APPLY TO VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL

VESSELS EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED ON VESSEL
DRAWING/DATA SHEET RELATING TO SPECIFIC VESSELS
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20. DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE I.D. (AS DETERMINED BY

STRAPPING) FROM NOMINAL I.D.: ±1/4” A.S.M.E CODE
VESSEL; TOLERANCES SECTION VIII TO APPLY TO OUT–OF–ROUNNES EXCEPT
(ORIENTATION) WHEN NOTED OTHERWISE

21. PIPE OR WALKWAY SUPPORTS AND STRUCTURAL

ATTACHMENTS TO: VESSEL CENTERLINE.... ±1/8”:
BASE LINE ....± 1/4”
ORIENTATION LINE 22. LOCATION OF HORIZONTAL VESSEL SUPPORT FROM
(REFERENCE) VESSEL CENTERLINES.... +0 –1/8”

23. LOCATION OF HORIZONTAL VESSEL SUPPORTS FROM

BASE LINE....+1/4” SUPPORTS LOCATED FROM
OTHER REFERENCE POINTS.... +1/8”
2 24. LOCATION OF BOTTOM NOZZLE FLNAGE FACE FROM
3 BASE LINE SHALL BE ...+1/4”
25. LIGHT CENTER PUNCH MARK (WITH A ROUND NOSE
STAMP) THE PRINCIPAL CENTER LINES SHOWN ON
ORIENTATION PLAN. CIRCLE PUNCH MARKS WITH
4 PAINT TO DESIGNATE LOCATION.
1 CLIP 26. SUPPORTS OUT OF LEVEL OVER ANY DIAMETER THE
GREATER OF + 1/8” OR +0.02” PER FOOT OF
NOZZLE VESSEL DIAMETER, 3/8” MAX.
27. BOLT HOLES WITHIN 1/8” OF SPECIFIED LOCATION

28. IF BOTTOM FLANGE IS USED AS FOOT BEARING

MOUNT AND WITH AGITATOR MOUNTIHG FLANGE
HORIZONTAL, A PLUMB BOB DROPPED FROM CNTR.
OF TOP FLANGE SHALL FALL WITHIN 0.025” PER FOOT
(OF DIST. BETWEEN FLG. FACES) OF CENTER OF BTM.
FLG., AND BTM. FLG. SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN 1/4”
OFF HORIZONTAL.

29. HORIZONTAL CLEARRANCE BETWEEN DOWNFLOW PLATE

AND TOP OF INLET WEIR + 1/16”
30. FOR POST SUPPORTED TRAYS, CLEARANCE BETWEEN
TRAY COLLAR AND SHELL 0.015” MAX. OVER 90% OF
CIRCUMFERENCE,+ 1/16” MAX. OVER REMAINING 10%

SADDLE MANWAY

ORIENTATION LINE VERTICAL

VESSELS IS BASED ON A DIRECTIONAL
CENTERLINE (EX. NORTH. SOUTH ETC..)
5 VESSELS IS BASED ON THE HORINZONTAL
CENTERLINE

FLANGE C
L BOLT CIRCLE

1. LOCATION OF SADDLE FROM ORIENTATION SHALL BE +3/16”

2. LOCATION OF CLIPS FROM ORIENTATION LINE SHALL BE + 1/4”
3. LOCATION OF NOZZLES FROM ORIENTATION LINE SHALL BE + 3/16
4. LOCATION OF MANWAYS FROM ORIENTATION LINE SHALL BE + 1”
5. ALLWABLE TOLERANCE ON NOZZLE BOLT HOLE ORIENTAATION + 1/16”

THESE TOLERANCES APPLY TO VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL VESSELS EXCEPT AS

OTHERWISE NOTED ON VESSEL DRAWINGS/DATA SHEETS RELATING TO SPECIFIC VESSELS

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