Pressure Vessel Engineering & Design using PV Elite & Compress Software as per ASME BPVC
Pressure Vessel Engineering & Design using PV Elite & Compress Software as per ASME BPVC
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What enrolled engineers say
Signed up to close a gap before a role migration, mostly around code-driven vessel sizing vs shop lore. The UG-27 shell thickness walkthrough in PV Elite stuck, then hopping to Compress for the tubesheet check and seeing where inputs diverge; felt like reviewing an arch PR, not hand-waving. I've used parts in prod since, though I wasn't sold on how lightly wind/seismic loads were treated and wished there was more obs around failure cases. It's a careful, no-shortcuts walk through a messy topic—helped bridge beginner to intermediate without pretending infra is magic.
it's a ramp from basics to tools; the UG-27 shell thickness walkthrough in PV Elite, then cross-checking Appendix 1 flange calcs in COMPRESS, stuck because it mirrors oilgas day-to-day. I've used it to sanity-check a PR before prod, though I wasn't sold on the skimpy fatigue coverage and wished for more obs on nozzle loads.
Useful baseline for onboarding juniors; the PV Elite nozzle reinforcement walk-through in the UG-37 example section stuck, showing MAWP changes as inputs shift. It's mostly Div 1 focused—wasn't sold on Compress fatigue coverage, and I wished there's more on arch decisions and handoff to prod drawings/PRs for oilgas energyutilities teams.
Your instructor
Shanmugam V
Pr Engineer
Lead / Senior Mechanical Engineer/Static Equipment Engineer
Is this course for you?
You should take this if
- You work in Manufacturing & Industrial or Oil & Gas Upstream
- You're a Mechanical Engineering / Piping & Layout Engineering professional
- You prefer self-paced learning you can revisit
You should skip if
- You need a different specialisation outside Mechanical Engineering
- You need live interaction with an instructor
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Course content
The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.
- Pv-elite and Compress Lecture-146 min
- Lecture 293 min
- Lecture 399 min
- Lecture 0498 min
- Compress Software - Introduction82 min
- Material System Specification86 min
- Load Analysis71 min
- WRC Calculation in PVelite and Code Calc81 min
- Fundamentals of Nozzle Pro83 min
- Load Cases93 min
- Concept Design68 min
- Customised Flange Design93 min
- Saddle Design87 min
- Radiography Requirements110 min
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What learners say about this course
Our team’s been circling a few vessel design choices lately, so a beginner pass through this helped anchor the codes. The walk-through comparing ASME Section VIII Div 1 vs Div 2, especially the MAWP calc using joint efficiency Table UW-12, stuck because I could map it to checks we’d flag in an arch review. wasn't sold on how briefly fatigue is handled—would’ve liked a short bridge to Div 2 methods or FEA assumptions for oilgas cases. I'll keep this bookmarked for the next arch review.
Early gripe: the labs assume you’ve already got an Excel template wired; setting up the calc sheet ate time. Past that, the emphasis on best practices over quick hacks came through. Clear framing of why codes exist, not just how to plug numbers. The Section VIII Div 1 walk-through in the UG‑27 shell thickness example stuck, especially the callout on joint efficiency vs corrosion allowance and how that ripples into MAWP. Short notes on hydrotest factors were practical. Tone felt right for beginners without dumbing it down. I’ve already caught myself reading vessel calcs in PRs differently, questioning assumptions instead of rubber‑stamping. energyutilities context fit naturally.
Coming in, the angle was how exchanger choices show up in runtime and uptime once units hit prod, not theory for theory’s sake. the LMTD vs ε‑NTU shell‑and‑tube sizing walk‑through and the fouling factor with baffle spacing stuck, having bitten infra costs in oilgas. From a team lead view, it's useful for aligning mech and ops on arch tradeoffs and framing PRs with vendors. I wasn't sold on the brief CFD detour and wished for more on maintenance intervals, but I don't feel blind for the next plant rev.
Clear walkthrough of the Version Graphs & Conflict Resolution chapter, especially the CI hook that auto-bumps manifests after a PR. mostly practical; I wasn't sold on the brief arch diagrams and wished there was more on rollback paths, but it maps to repo-to-prod reality.
Oct 2, 2026 
