API 576

1. Inlet Static Pressure

Actuates PRD's
2. 10% OR 3psi
PRD'S shall prevent pressure from rising more than
3. Direct spring
Safety relief, Safety and Relief valves should b of the
4. Safety Relief
Charecterized by rapid opening or opening in proportion to the
increase in pressure over the opening pressure.
5. Safety
Valve that is usually fully exposed.
6. 10% or 25%
RV'S usually reach full lift @ what overpressure.
7. 10%
SR valve normally fully open @ what overpressure
8. Conventional
SRV has bonnet that encloses the spring and forms a pressure tight
cavity.
9. Cold Differential Test Pressure (CDTP)
Pressure @which a PRV is adjusted to open on the test stand.
10.High Back Pressures
Present @ the valve discharge.

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11.Pilot –Operated
Self actuated auxiliary pressure relief valve
12.Atmospheric & low Pressure Storage
Pressure/Vacuum vent vales use to protect tanks against large
pressure.
13.+/- 2 (13.8kpa)psi
Burst pressure tolerance up to and including 40psi
14.Rupture disk device
Rupture disk holder an Rupture disk
15.Pre-Bulged
solid metal rupture disk designed to burst on Concave side
16.85%
Scored Tension-Loaded ratio
17.Reverse Acting
Disk open with shear, knife blades, knife rings or score line methods
18.Composite Ruptures
Corrosion Barriers Only
19.Fragment
Graphite Rupture disk ? upon rupture..
20.Bolt Torque
Manufactures instalation instructions concerning limits.

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21.Down Stream
Side of disk that may inhibit the disk's ability to provide
overpressure protection.
22.ASME CODE
Capacity reduction and installation details.
23.Sole
ASME states that a RDD can be used as the PRD
24.1 year
Service Life of Pre-bulged metal rupture disks
25.Fail without warning
Rupture Disk Limatations
26.Conventional & Graphite
Rupture Disk that tend to fragment
27.Corrosion
Cause of difficulties w/ PRD
28.O ring
Stops Leakeage and eliminate corrosion
29.3 light beads/bands
maintained on metal-seated PRV'S
30.Erosion (wire drawings)
Leakage contributes to seat damage
31.Corrosion
Cause of Failed Springs

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32.Stress Corrosion Cracking
Rapid Spring Failure
33.Special Consideration
Impratical Measures should take place only after
34.air or inert gas
Vapor Service gas Settings
35.Snubbers
Clog and Produce Pressure Lag
36.Manufatures tolerance
Sticking/Machining valve outside limits
37.Bellows
keeps foreign particles away from guiding surfaces
38.valve chatter or flutter
Improper piping @ the inlet or outlet, severe over sizingof the valve
39.shipment, maintenance or installation
Times of Rough Handling
40.Delicate Instruments
with very close tolerances and sensitive dimensions, PRV'S
appearance may obscure the fact that they are ..
41.inlets and outlets should be covered
before leaving the shop both..
42.Hydrostatic Test
Bellows Damage by excessive back pressure during a ...