Investigation of an Innovative Cleaning Method for the Vertical Oil Storage Tank by FEM Simulation
عنوان مقاله: Investigation of an Innovative Cleaning Method for the Vertical Oil Storage Tank by FEM Simulation
شناسه ملی مقاله: JR_IJMF-9-4_002
منتشر شده در در سال 1401
شناسه ملی مقاله: JR_IJMF-9-4_002
منتشر شده در در سال 1401
مشخصات نویسندگان مقاله:
M.S. Mahdieh - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
A. Monjezi - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jami Institute, Isfahan, Iran
M.R. Zare Reisabadi - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia
خلاصه مقاله:
M.S. Mahdieh - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
A. Monjezi - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jami Institute, Isfahan, Iran
M.R. Zare Reisabadi - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia
Cleaning the huge oil storage tanks is very costly, hazardous, and time-consuming. However, this issue is one of the main concerns of the petroleum products storage industry that is performed in different ways. In this paper, an innovative oil storage tank cleaning procedure in which vertical cylindrical tanks are cleaned without entering any labor into the tank and damaging it is introduced. In this method, before filling the tank with petroleum products (i.e., oil), a sack of PVC fabric is located at the bottom of the tank, and as time passes, the heavier particles (sludge) settle on this sack. Finally, when the sack is filled with sludge, through a mechanism, it is, firstly, shifted towards the center of the tank and, secondly, lifted and taken out through the gate that exists on the roof of the tank. Thus, the above-mentioned approach not only reduces the cost of the cleaning operation but also accelerates the speed of the performed operation. To analyze the stress which is imposed on the sack’s fabric by the weight of the sludge, the finite element method has been applied. The highest stress undertaken by the sack was obtained as ۷.۶۳۰ MPa, which, according to the mechanical properties of the investigated fabric, shows an acceptable safety factor of ۱.۵. In addition, the strength of the tank’s walls against buckling due to the weight of the sack and sludge was investigated.
کلمات کلیدی: Oil storage tank, cleaning method, Finite element method, PVC fabric, Abaqus software
صفحه اختصاصی مقاله و دریافت فایل کامل: https://civilica.com/doc/1623605/