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Reg. 293
Minimum Aggregate Area
a) Discharged capacity of Safety Valves:- (a) Saturated steam:- The rated discharge
capacity of safety valve which discharges saturated steam shall be calculated using
the following equation:
where,
E = rated discharge capacity of saturated steam (kg/hr):
F = highest pressure of any safety valve mounted on the boiler (bar absolute);
A = area (mm
2
)
For the ordinary lift and high lift safety valves, A is the area of the minimum bore of
the body seat. For full lift safety valves, A is the area of discharge described in clause
(c) of regulation 292 and its value can only be obtained from the safety valve
manufacturers.
C is a constant taken from the following table, appropriate to the type of the valve or
as established by tests carried out in accordance with Appendix L:
E = CAP Eqn.(78)
Type of valve Value of the constant C
Ordinary lift 0.05
High lift 0.10
Full lift 0.24
b) Superheated steam:
The rated discharge capacity of a safety valve which discharge super heated steam
shall be calculated using the following equation:-
where,
Es is the rated discharge capacity of super heated steam (kg/hr);
E is the rated discharge capacity of saturated steam calculated using equation 78
(kg/hr).
Ts is the degree of superheat (
o
C)
Equation 79 may be used to determine the rated discharge capacity of safety valves
at super-critical steam pressure. In these cases the saturation temperature of the
steam shall be taken as 375
o
C.
Es =
E
Eqn(79)
1 + 2.7Ts
1000
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c) The total peak load evaporation of a boiler shall be calculated on the basis of
evaporation not less than 30 kg/hr./m
2
of heating surface (exclusive of superheater
and non-steaming economiser). In the case of Waste Heat Boilers however, when
the evaporation per square metre of the heating surface is certified by the
manufacturers to be less than 30 kg., the minimum number of safety valves required
may be calculated on the basis of the actual maximum evaporation of the boiler.
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