On September 21-24, 2023, the 13th National Pressure Vessel Design Academic Conference of the Pressure Vessel Chapter of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society was successfully held in Tai'an City, Shandong Province. This conference was sponsored by Zhejiang University Hydrogen Energy Institute (Hydrogen ZJU), Zhejiang University Process Equipment Institute, the Pressure Vessel Chapter of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and the Engineering Research Center of High-Pressure Process Equipment and Safety of the Ministry of Education. In addition, Shandong Hengtong Expansion Joint Manufacturing Co., LTD. participated in organizing the conference. At the same time, the Tai'an City Committee and government, Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., LTD., the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering of East China University of Science and Technology, Sinopec Engineering incorporation Co., Ltd., and other organizations provided generous support to the conference committee.
The conference attracted about 150 participants, including Qingye Chen, Party Secretary of the Taishan District Promotion Committee of Tai'an City; Yongdong Chen, Deputy chief engineer of Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., LTD.; members of the Pressure Vessel Chapter, as well as representatives from universities, research institutes, publishing institutions, engineering companies, pressure vessel manufacturing enterprises and inspection institutions, and representatives of local inspection institutions and manufacturing enterprises in Tai'an City. Before the conference, members of the leading Party group, Qingbo Dou - the deputy mayor of Tai'an Municipal Government, and other municipal leaders met with Prof. Jinyang Zheng - a Chinese Academy of Engineering member, and other representatives.
Participants of the 13th National Pressure Vessel Design Academic Conference at Tai’an
Conference was taking place.
|The Opening Ceremony
On the morning of September 22nd, Professor Zhiping Chen, the deputy director general of the 10th Pressure Vessel Chapter and vice dean of Hydrogen ZJU, held the opening ceremony. Professor Jinyang Zheng, the Executive director of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, chairman of the 10th Pressure Vessel Chapter, and dean of Hydrogen ZJU, delivered opening remarks. Mr. Hongyin Song, the Tai'an City Industrial Promotion Committee deputy director made an important speech. Mr. Huanqing Wang, chairman of Shandong Hengtong Expansion Joint Manufacturing Co., Ltd., gave welcome remarks.
Professor Zhiping Chen held the opening ceremony.
Professor Jinyang Zheng delivered opening remarks.
Mr. Hongyin Song delivered a speech.
Mr. Huanqing Wang delivered welcome remarks.
| The Invited Reports
After the opening ceremony, the conference carried out five invited reports, covering the design technology of hydrogen pressure equipment, high-performance design and manufacturing technology of heat exchangers, pressure-vessel related overpressure relief analysis technology, pressure vessel withstand test technology, high-performance expansion joint design technology and other core technology research, which received participants’ broad recognition and praise.
Professor Jinyang Zheng shared the Opportunities, Status, and Challenges of Hydrogen Energy Pressure Equipment.
Dr. Yongdong Chen, chief expert of SINOMACH and deputy chief engineer of Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd., was talking the High-performance Design and Manufacture of Heat exchangers.
Professor Hu Hui from the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering of East China University of Science and Technology was talking about the systematic consideration and standard revision of overpressure relief of pressure vessels.
Mr. Shaoyun Shao, the senior engineer at Sinopec Engineering Incorporation Co., Ltd., made a special report on Typical Problems and Countermeasures of Pressure Vessel Withstand Tests.
Ms. Min Zhao, Director of Shandong Hengtong Expansion Joint Manufacturing Co., Ltd., made a special report on the Technological Progress and Development of High-performance Expansion Joint.
|Session Reports
On the afternoon of September 22nd and the morning of September 23rd, the conference opened four sessions for academic report presentations and discussions. More than 50 authors gave presentations and actively discussed their research with participants.
Shortcuts of Sessions
Articles presented at the conference reflected China's research achievements in pressure vessel standards and theoretical methods, numerical analysis and experimental research, design technology, and structural integrity analysis in recent years. They also indicated the engineering deployment of significant research, provided a research basis for relevant industry development, and worked as reference and guidance for future pressure vessel technology innovation. After the conference, the conference committee will compile all articles presented into Pressure Vessel Design in The Context of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality.
Contributed by: Ma, He
Edited by: Ding, Tingting
Reviewed by: Chen, Zhiping
