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PROJECT

Messer Dung Quất Air Separation Plant

Spherical Tank Package

Client

Messer Group

Year

2018

Location

Viet Nam

Scope

Engineering – Procurement – Fabrication – Construction – Commissioning

Item

Storage Tank
Spherical Tank

Volume

3,400 m3

Quantity

6 units

Design Pressure

30 barG

Design Temperature

-10 – 60 oC

Design Code

ASME, Section VIII, Division 2

Project

Messer, the largest family-run industrial gases specialist worldwide, has commissioned a new production plant for air gases in Dung Quất, a coastal city in the center of Viet Nam. The air separation plant is located on the site of the new steelwork of the Vietnamese Hòa Phát Group and supplies the industrial company directly with a gas pipeline. From a total of 400,000 m3 of process air per hour, oxygen, nitrogen, and argon are produced. As such, Dung Quất is now one of Messer’s largest production sites. The air separation plant is based on piles totaling 33,000 m in length; around 17,000 m3 of concrete were processed.

STORAGE TANK

Spherical Tanks are distinctly globe-shaped pressure vessels renowned for their inherent structural strength and uniform stress distribution. Their primary function is the extremely efficient and safe storage of very large volumes of high-pressure gases or liquefied gases, such as LPG, ammonia, and oxygen, with minimal material usage and superior resistance to internal pressure. These iconic pressure vessels are a common sight in petrochemical plants, oil refineries, chemical facilities, and industrial gas production sites, where high-volume, high-pressure storage is paramount.

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