PRESSURE SAFETY VALVE CALCULATION

BOSON INDIA VENTURES - Valve Sizing based on Known Flow rate

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( Throughout this Spread sheet Input Cells are YELLOW)
1 ORIFICE AREA CALCULATIONS
2 Vapor Flow Rate kg/hr 7250
3 Molecular Weight 45.78
4 OVERPRESSURE % 10
5 SET PRESSURE bar g 1.5 INSTALLATION :
6 BACK PRESSURE bar g 0
7 RELIEV. PRESSURE = TANK DES P*(1+%Over Pressure), P1 bar a 2.65
8 BOILING POINT OF COMPONENT deg C 104.9
9 TEMPERATURE IN FPS deg R 680.82
10 VOLUME OF GAS AT NTP m3 3547.4006116208
11 CORRECTED VOLUME AT RELIEF POINT m3 1877.1027798966
12 RATIO OF SPECIFIC HEAT, Cp/Cv 1.161 From Chem CAD
13 COEFFICIENT C 333.1
14 EFFECTIVE DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT Kd 0.975
15 BACKPRESSURE CAPACITY CORRECTION Kb 1.00
16 COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR, Z - 0.954 From Chem CAD
17 ASME DE-RATING FACTOR 0.90
18 ORIFICE AREA in2 4.7581
19 ORIFICE AREA SELECTED in2 6.3800
20 ORIFICE DESIGNATION P
21 SELECTED VALVE 4P6
22
23 PRESSURE DROP CALCULATION INLET TO PSV
24 INLET LINE ALLOWABLE PRESSURE DROP bar 0.05
25
26 SELECT INLET LINE SIZE mm 100
27
28 PIPING FRICTION FACTOR e= 0.046 PIPING ROUGHNESS FACTOR
29 A= 2.94E+21 CS 0.15
30 FLOW RATE m3/hr 1877.10 SS 0.046
31 CORRECTED FLOW RATE THROUGH SELECTED ORIFICE m3/hr 2796.61 HEAVILY CORRODED 0.46
32 DENSITY OF VAPOR kg/m3 3.86
33 VELOCITY m/s 98.96
34 VISCOSITY kg/m-s 0.01
35 REYNOLD'S NO 3822166.80
36 FRICTION FACTOR 0.0041
37 PRESSURE DROP/100 M bar 3.13486
38 Pipe Length (Equivalent Length Assumed) m 0.80 (HOLD)
39 Pressure Loss bar 0.03
40 Relief Pressure bar 1.50
41 Back Pressure on Tank on Venting bar 0.0250789153
42 % of Tank Venting Pressure % 1.6719% OK
43 PRESSURE DROP CALCULATION DISCHARGE OF PSV
44
45 DISCHARGE ALLOWBALE PRESSURE DROP bar 0.15
46 SELECT discharge LINE SIZE mm 150
47
48 PIPING FRICTION FACTOR e= 0.046
49 A= 5.39E+21
50 FLOW RATE m3/hr 3547.40
51 CORRECTED FLOW RATE THROUGH SELECTED ORIFICE m3/hr 5285.11
52 DENSITY OF VAPOR kg/m3 2.04
53 VELOCITY m/s 83.12
54 VISCOSITY kg/m-s 0.01
55 REYNOLD'S NO 2548111.20
56 FRICTION FACTOR 0.0038
57 PRESSURE DROP/100 M bar 0.71372
58 Pipe Length (Equivalent Length Assumed) m 10.00 (HOLD)
59 Pressure Loss bar 0.07
60 Relief Pressure bar 1.50
61 Back Pressure on Tank on Venting bar 0.0713723697
62 % of Tank Venting Pressure % 4.7582% OK

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 ref 4 Kb Backpressure Co-efficient k =Ratio of specific heat capacity
Pb/P1 = (Back pressure (absolute)/Releiving pressure (absolute) )x 100 C =Fluid Co-efficient
STANDARD Use Kb=1 for atm. Back pressure
DESIGNATION Valve Size Pb/P1 Kb This case k =cp/cv C
in2 55 1 37.73585 1.01 317
0.110 D 1D2 60 0.995 1.02 318
0.196 E 1E2 62 0.99 1.03 319
0.307 F 11/2 F 2 64 0.98 1.04 320
0.503 G 11/2 G 3 66 0.97 1.05 321
0.785 H 11/2 H 3 68 0.96 1.06 322
1.287 J 2J3 70 0.95 1.07 323
1.838 K 3K4 72 0.93 1.08 325
2.853 L 3L4 74 0.91 1.09 326
3.600 M 4M6 76 0.89 1.10 327
4.340 N 4N6 78 0.87 1.11 328
6.380 P 4P6 80 0.85 1.12 329
11.050 Q 6Q8 82 0.81 1.13 330
16.000 R 6R8 84 0.78 1.14 331
26.000 T 8 T 10 86 0.75 1.15 332
88 0.70 1.16 333
90 0.65 1.17 334
92 0.58 1.18 335
94 0.49 1.19 336
96 0.39 1.20 337
1.21 338
1.22 339
1.23 340
SPECIFIC HEAT 1.24 341
A B C D 1.25 342
-0.3499 0.009559 -0.000038 5.459E-08 1.26 343
1.27 344
2 275.15 0.000 1.28 345
1.29 346
1.30 347
1.31 348
1.32 349
1.33 350
1.34 351
1.35 352
1.36 353
1.37 353
1.38 354
1.39 355
1.40 356
1.41 357
1.42 358
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1.44 360
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1.46 361
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1.48 363
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1.50 365
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1.55 369
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1.57 370
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1.70 380
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1.96 398
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1.99 400
2.00 400

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