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PressureReliefValveSizingCalculations
SubcriticalGasFlowService
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Designapressurereliefvalveforthefollowingservice.
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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.

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Step2

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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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