Types

Pressure Vessel Safety

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Pressure vessel types?

Thinned wall -

These pressure vessels are the most categorized. A thinned walled pressure vessel is any cylinder [shell] ratio that is 10% or less the ratio of the thickness to the diameter. Another way of saying this is a pressure vessel is thinned walled if the diameter is 10-times or more the thickness.

t < 0.1

Thick walled -

These pressure vessels are the least common. A thick walled pressure vessel is any cylinder [shell] ratio that is 10% or more the ratio of the thickness to the inside diameter.

t > 0.1

Storage tanks -

Storage tanks are a category of thin walled pressure vessels except that are typically under 15-psi and are super thin when compared to the ratio above.

Transportable Containers -

These are the most common pressure vessel and potentially the most ignored. These are mass produced and require testing every 10-years for propane and gas.

Propane bottles - Fork trucks, barbecues,

Gas cylinders - CO₂, O₂,...

Other - Containers, gas cans, bubblers,...