Chapter 3

Static Equipment Foundation Design

Abstract

In general, the equipment in oil and gas plants consists of two categories: the static equipment and the rotating equipment. In this chapter, we will focus on the static equipment such as the separator vertical or horizontal, the knockout drum, the vertical desalination towers and other equipment. These equipment are called also a pressure vessel as it contains a fluid under pressure.

Keywords

Static equipment; foundation design; heat exchanger; horizontal vessel foundation; load; seismic load; pipe support; wind load

3.1 Introduction

In general, the equipment in oil and gas plants consists of two categories: the static equipment and the rotating equipment. In this chapter, we will focus ...

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