Wall Thickness Optimization of High Powered Portable Multifunction Air Compressor Tank Using Finite Element Method

Air compressor tank is the important equipment in the automotive workshops and laboratories. Air compressor can be categorized as pressure vessel. Pressure vessel often has a combination of high pressure together with high temperature, in some cases of flammable fluids or highly radioactive material. Due to hazards, it is crucial to ensure there is no leakage on the products. In addition, vessel has to be design cautiously to cope with the operating temperature and pressure. The thickness of the PMAC should be optimized to get the best performance, the thickness cannot be very large due to the cost of material and exceeded weight and also cannot be very thin due to the failures caused by its internal pressure. In order to get the optimum thickness, finite element method software was used to simulate the stress analysis of PMAC with various thickness and various shapes.