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RELIEF VALVE TYPES

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RUPTURE DISCS
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TYPICAL LAYOUT
DISPERSION SCRUBBING COLUMN RELIEF HEADERS VENT

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TANK

REACTOR 1
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REACTOR 2

REACTOR 3

BLOWDOWN TANK

PUMP
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DESIGN OBJECTIVES

EMERGENCY RELIEF SYSTEM DESIGN

Understand temperature and phase changes across relief device Understand relief device parameters Be able to specify a relief device Understand vessel model and vent model characteristics Understand heat model selection criteria Be able to use CHEMCAD relief sizing tool

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SET UP PROCEDURE
Inlet Stagnation Conditions
Set up Inlet Stream at Set Pressure and Flow 1 kg/h Single Component Flash at vf 0 or 1 Multi component Set weight fractions and Flash at vf 0

Sizing
If vent flow specified use nominal sized vessel Set vessel at maximum operating level Conservative use HEM vessel and vent flow models SIMULATION SUITE CHEMCAD SOFTWARE Non-tempered runaway must use HFZ vent model If single phase vapour specified check for two phase

Blowdown Piping Design

Piping use Beggs and Brill and Calculation Mode 5
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CAPABILITIES
DESIGN/RATING ATMOSPHERIC STORAGE TANKS PRESSURE VESSELS VESSEL MODEL BUBBLY CHURN-TURBULENT

HOMOGENEOUS VESSEL VENTING MODEL HEM ERM HENRY-FAUSKE HNE

SINGLE PHASE VAPOUR

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HEAT MODEL API 520/521 NFPA 30
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API 2000

HEAT RATE VENT FLOW

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OSHA 1910-106

TEMPERED RUNAWAY REACTION

KEY PRESSURES
Maximum accumulated pressure
DESIGN PRESSURE +10% DESIGN PRESSURE

PRESSURE

Safety valve full open

SET PRESSURE +10% SET PRESSURE

Safety valve starts SIMULATION SUITEto CHEMCAD SOFTWAREopen Pressure rise due to reaction

TIME
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VESSEL FLOW REGIMES

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HOMOGENEOUS BUBBLY CHURN-TURBULENT

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VESSEL FLOW REGIMES

VENT FLOW

HIGH VISCOSITY

LOW VISCOSITY

FOAMY

NON FOAMY

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HOMOGENEOUS BUBBLY

CHURN-TURBULENT

TWO PHASE RELIEF

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VESSEL MODEL SELECT

BUBBLY

CHURN-TURBULENT

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HOMOGENEOUS VESSEL

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REACTION TYPES

REACTION SYSTEM

VAPOUR PRESSURE

HYBRID

GASSY

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TEMPERED UNTEMPERED

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VENT FLOW MODEL

HEM ERM STEAM RELIEF HENRY-FAUSKE HNE

CHEMCAD NON-FLASHING LIQUID

SINGLE PHASE VAPOUR

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HFZ (HOMOGENEOUS FROZEN)

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VENT FLOW MODEL

Nozzle Ideal Flow vs Inlet Quality Ref Diers Fig II-2
Mass velocity G kg/m2s x1000

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0.01

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0.1 1 Inlet Vapor Quality % ww HEM FLOW ERM FLOW HNE FLOW
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10

100

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CODE SETS AREA

NFPA-30 & OSHA 1919-06 SPHERE 55% total exposed area HORIZONTAL TANK 75% total exposed area, if<200 SUITE ft2 use 100% SIMULATION

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VERTICAL TANK

100% total exposed for first 30 ft exclude bottom area if flat and supported on ground
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API 520 & 521 >15 psig

SPHERE Area up to maximum horizontal diameter or up to 25ft height whichever is greater HORIZONTAL TANK Area equivalent to the average inventory level up to 25ft height VERTICAL TANK Area equivalent to the average inventory level up to 25ft height SIMULATION SUITE CHEMCAD SOFTWARE PROCESS VESSEL Area equivalent to the average inventory level up to 25ft height FRACTIONATING COLUMN Area equivalent to level in bottom & reboiler plus tray hold up to a height of 25ft
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API 2000 <= 15 psig

SPHERE As in API 520/API521 HORIZONTAL TANK 75% total exposed area

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As in OSHA

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EXTERNAL FIRE

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HEAT MODEL SELECT

API 520/521 API 2000 NFPA 30 OSHA 1910-106 SPECIFY HEAT RATE

SPECIFY VENT FLOW

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TEMPERED RUNAWAY REACTION NON TEMPERED RUNAWAY REACTION

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RELIEF MANIFOLD
JOB : Relief Vent Piping Manifold

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PIPE NETWORKS
All Flows and Pressures are dependent

Flowrates can be calculated as a function of Inlet Pressure (Pin) & Outlet Pressure (Pout) Flow Scaling UnitOps solve SOFTWAREas a SIMULATION SUITE CHEMCAD for flowrate function of Pin and Pout Node UnitOps link all Flow Scaling UnitOps
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PIPE AS FLOW SCALER

Allows Flow to be set by UnitOp

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PRESSURE NODES

Links two or more Flow Scaler Unit Ops Simultaneously solves unknown variables Has P and Fin and Fout Specify either P and Fin, calculate Fout SUITE SIMULATION CHEMCAD SOFTWARE P and Fout, calculate Fin Fout and Fin, calculate P
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NETWORK DESIGN NODES

Can have 1 flow in and 1 flow out Must satisfy degrees of freedom P + Fn = n + 1 variables 1 degree of freedom so must specify n variables Example SIMULATION of same Node SUITE CHEMCAD SOFTWARE 3 flows into and 2 flows out P + Fn = n + 1, n = 5 6 variables with n (5) that must be specified
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INLET & OUTLET NODES

Inlet Node

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Outlet Node

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NODES WITHIN NETWORK

P set as either Variable or Fixed
Boundaries for the pressure

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Set the Flow as fixed or variable

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CHEMCAD FOR ERS

REACTOR HEADERS BLOWDOWN TREATMENT

EQUIPMENT SIZING RELIEF DEVICE UTILITY DEPRESSURIZE COMPONENT PHYSICAL PROPERTIES COMPONENT K & ENTHALPY
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UNITOP PIPE SIMULATOR NODE CALCULATOR

UNITOP EXCEL PRESSURE RISE EQUIPMENT SIZING RESTR ORIFICE

UNITOPS SCDS3 HTXR

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EQUIPMENT SIZING PACKING

UNITOP EXCEL PACKED HGHT

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