Minimum practical wall thickness of vessels Per Coulson and Richardson, ChemicalEngineering, Vol 6, Chapter 13.Vessel diameter Minimum thickness*

m mm1 5

1 to 2 72 to 2.5 92.5 to 3 103 to 3.5 12

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* including 2 mm corrosion allowance

0 5 10 15 20 250

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

f(x) = 2.78378378378378 x + 1.91891891891892R² = 0.981951129211403

vessel diameter, m

Min

wall

th

ickn

ess,

mm

0 5 10 15 20 250

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

f(x) = 2.78378378378378 x + 1.91891891891892R² = 0.981951129211403

vessel diameter, m

Min

wall

th

ickn

ess,

mm