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    Enggcyclopedia>Blog>Instrumentation>Reliefdevices>PressureReliefValveSizingCalculations
    SubcriticalGasFlowService

    PressureReliefValveSizingCalculations
    SubcriticalGasFlowService
    SafetyReliefValves
    BesaS.p.A.Since1946MilanItaly

    SampleProblemStatement
    Clickhere
    Designapressurereliefvalveforthefollowingservice.
    andget
    coolstuff!

    Protectedequipment:Separatorvessel
    Reliefservice:FuelGas
    Reasonforrelief:Blockedgasdischarge
    RelievingRate:10,000kg/hr
    GasDensity:4.1kg/m3
    Ratioofspecificheatsforthegas(CP/CV):1.55
    Compressibilityfactorofgas=0.95
    Molecularweightofgas=20gm/mole
    Relievingtemperature=200C
    Setpressure:4.5barg
    Accumulation:10%
    GoViral
    Backpressureatreliefvalvedischarge:2.1barg
    withUP
    Typeofreliefvalve:BalancedBellows

    Solution
    Thissampleproblemforreliefvalvesizingcalculationcanbesolvedinfollowingsteps,whicharebased
    onpressurereliefvalvesizingproceduresdescribedinAPIRP520PartI.Thefirststepistodetermine
    whetherthegasflowtypeiscriticalorsubcritical.

    Step1
    Thefirststepistodetermineiftheflowconditionsarecriticalorsubcritical.Forthispurposethecritical
    flowpressure(Pcf)downstreamtothereliefvalvehastobecalculatedusingthefollowingequationfrom
    APIRP520PartI,

    P1:Relievingpressureupstreamtoreliefvalveinbara
    P1=5.96bara(including10%accumulation)
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    k:Ratioofspecificheatsofthegas..(CP/CV)
    k=1.55

    SegurodeBicicletas

    Pcf:Criticalflowpressureforthegivenflow
    conditionsinbara
    Pcf=3.0bara
    Ifthepressuredownstreamorbackpressure(3.113
    bara)ofthereliefvalveisgreaterthanthecritical
    flowpressure(3.0bara),thentheflowissaidtobe
    ofsubcriticaltype.Inthepresentcase,back
    pressure(3.113bara)>Pcf(3.0bara).Hencethe
    flowisofsubcriticaltype.

    Asegurahoratubiciy
    beneficiate
    CotizatubicicletaAhora.

    Step2

    Solicit+info

    NextstepistousethereliefvalvesizingproceduregivenintheAPI520partIforsubcriticalflowtype
    gasreliefvalve.Thefollowingequationisused,

    ...(1)
    A:orificearerequirementinmm2
    W:flowrateinkg/hr
    W=10,000kg/hr
    T:TemperatureinKelvin
    T=273.16+20=293.26K
    Z:compressibilityfactorofgas
    Z=0.95
    M:Molecularweightofthegas
    M=20gm/mole
    P1:Relievingpressureupstreamtoreliefvalveinbara
    P1=5.96bara(including10%accumulation)
    P2:backpressuredownstreamtoreliefvalveinbara
    P2=3.11bara
    Kd:Coefficientofdischarge
    Kd=0.975forgasservice
    KC:combinationcorrectionfactorforuseofrupturediscs
    KC=1(forabsenceofrupturediscupstreamtothevalve)
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    F2:Coefficientofsubcriticalflow

    k:Ratioofspecificheatsofthegas..(CP/CV)
    k=1.55
    r:ratioofbackpressuretorelievingpressure
    r=P2/P1=0.58
    hence,F2=0.5985
    Pluggingthisdataintoequation(1),theminimumrequiredorificeareaforthereliefvalveiscalculatedto
    be,
    A=34.07cm2

    Step3
    Thenexthigheravailableorificeareashouldbeselectedforthepressurereliefvalvetobeactually
    installed.ReferringtothetableofstandardorificesizesgiveninEnggCyclopedia'sreliefvalvesizing
    calculator,nexthighavailableorificeareaisselectedtobeA=41.20cm2andthecorresponding
    designatingletteris'P'.Availablevalvesizeis'4P6',whichcorrespondstodifferentnozzlesizesfor
    suctionanddischargenozzlesofthepressurereliefvalve.Fora'4P6'valvesuctionnozzleisof4"size
    anddischargenozzleof6"size.
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