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Plant PP III P & ID No. AK-340-GD-0-01109 (52E)

Subject Pressure Relief - Recovery Column Degassing Pot

1. PURPOSE.
The relief device protects the following items of equipment from overpressure:
Line 4-PW-3705

2. REFERENCES.
2.1 P 1123 & G 1123_01 - Pressure Relieving Systems.
2.2 API Recommended Practice 521, 4th Edition, March 1997
2.3 G 1106_11 Process Desktop Manual
2.4 Sabic Engineering Standard for Relief Valves, R07-E06 (June 2004)
2.5 Dow Relief Device Specification Sheet, PSV-5257-60
2.6 Dow Relief Specification Sheet for items in system description
2.7 Physpack version 2.0.40
2.8 Calculation for PSV-5204-60, PSV-5230-60, PSV-5231-61
2.9 Masoneilan - Handbook for Control Valve Sizing, 7th Edition, 1987

3. ASSUMPTIONS / PROVISIONAL DATA.

3.1 For the purpose of fire case relief it has been assumed that the vessels and pipes are 'bare'
(i.e. there is no insulation).
3.2 All vessels are assumed to have 2:1 semi-ellipsoidal heads, unless otherwise stated.
3.3 A length of 5 metres has been assumed for each pipe that is connected to a vessel involved in a fire
case. This rule will be ignored only if it is obvious that the piping will not be involved in the fire.
3.4 For liquid filled vessels, the wetted surface area of a vessel, within the height range and based on
normal liquid level, has been taken for a fire case. (Section 3.15, ref 2.2).
3.5 In general, all platforms for accessing vessels are assumed to have a covered surface (instead of
mesh). This means that these platforms are capable of supporting a fire. This will give a worst case
and, hence, a conservative relief orifice sizing.
3.6 It shall be assumed that all vessels have an access platform at the base of the vessel. This means
that the flame height will start at the bottom of the vessel rather than at ground level. This will ensure
a conservative relief orifice sizing is obtained.
3.7 For larger vessels, which have more than one access platform, it will be assumed that a fire takes
place on only one of the platforms at any given time. However, it shall also be assumed that the fire
takes place on the platform that engulfs the largest vessel surface area.

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Issue 1 2 3 4
Purpose For Record
Prepared By GWJ
Checked By JHL
PROCESS CALCULATION SHEET Approved By YYK
Date 15-08-08
Project No. SC-2110 Tag No. 34-PSV-047 (PSV-5257-60)
Client Ibn Zahr Equipment Name
Location Saudi Arabia Document No. AK-340-KI-4-01059
Revision

Plant PP III P & ID No. AK-340-GD-0-01109 (52E)

Subject Pressure Relief - Recovery Column Degassing Pot

5. SET PRESSURE.
The relief device protects the following items of equipment from overpressure:
Line 4-PW-3705
plus associated piping system.

6. PRESSURE ANALYSIS

Relief valve % of RV Accum.

characteristics set press. Pressure
(barg) (bara)
FIRE CASE 11.77 Accumulated press 100% 12.78
Over P= 21%
OTHER CASE 11.77 Accumulated press 100% 12.78
Over P= 10%

Equip design 11.77 100.00%

Pressure
Set pressure 11.77 100.00%

7. CASES CONSIDERED

The following cases have been considered:

1 Closed Discharge

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Purpose For Record
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PROCESS CALCULATION SHEET Approved By YYK
Date 15-08-08
Project No. SC-2110 Tag No. 34-PSV-047 (PSV-5257-60)
Client Ibn Zahr Equipment Name
Location Saudi Arabia Document No. AK-340-KI-4-01059
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Plant PP III P & ID No. AK-340-GD-0-01109 (52E)

Subject Pressure Relief - Recovery Column Degassing Pot

7.3 Case 3 - Closed Discharge

During a closed discharge scenario, the flow of hydrocarbon liquid would need to be relieved by the
relief valve.

Maximum flow through LV-5230-1 = 15000 kg/hr [LV-5230-1, Ref 2.6]

Density = 990 kg/m3 [LV-5230-1, Ref 2.6]
Hence volumetric flow of hydrocarbon = 15.15 m3/h

Total = 15.15 m3/h

7.2.1 Calculation of Orifice Area

Now, the following equation can be used to calculate the orifice area required for liquid relief:
This equation is for a relief device requiring capacity certification.

196 .33∗Q G
A=
K d K w Kv √ P 1−P 2
[Ref 2.1, page 51]

Where,
A = Orifice area of relief device = ? mm²
Q = Volume flow of liquid = 15.1515 m³/h
G = Specific gravity of liquid at flowing temp. = 0.91
Kd = Coefficient of discharge = 0.65
Kw = Correction factor due to back pressure = 1
Kv = Viscosity correction factor = 1
P1 = Upstream relieving pressure = 1278.325 kPa(a)
P2 = Back pressure = 101.3 kPa(a)

A = 127.25 mm²
A = 1.27 cm²

NOTE: Viscosity of fluid = 0.099 cP [Ref 2.6]. This is a non-viscous fluid. Hence, Kv = 1.

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PROCESS CALCULATION SHEET Approved B YYK
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Client Ibn Zahr Equipment Name
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Subject Pressure Relief - Recovery Column Degassing Pot

8. SUMMARY OF RELIEF CASES

API
Relief valve set pressure 11.77 barg Factor
Gas
Case No. Case Description Phase Fluid Relieving Molecula k= Compres Relief Liquid SG Required Relief Flowrate Filled Calc'd Remarks
Select case

(V, L, S, Temp. r weight Cp/Cv s valve @T Vessel orifice

GF, VL) T M -ibilty flow Mass Volume Air equiv Vessel area F area
K - - factor
- Z coeff.
- - kg/h m3/h Nm3/h m² - cm2
1 Closed Discharge L Hx Liquid 302-307 34-37 1.10 1.000 C 0.910 15.15 1.27
2 *
3
4

Sizing case Case no. 2 *The nominally area of the chosen orifice size has been used to find a flowrate for flare stack design.
Relief valve size required: Orifice Letter J
Orifice Area 8.30 cm2
inlet outlet
Size (inch): 3 4
Rating: 300#RF 150#RF

Pressure drops: NOT CALCULATED YET

Inlet: % set press (from Relief B runs)
this is based on an inlet linesize(s) of mm
Outlet: % set press (from Relief B runs)
this is based on an outlet linesize(s) of mm

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V
1 Datafile for use in code TUBE RUPTURE
2 No. of cases o/p ? Tubewall thickness
3 Default units: Metric - Bar Case 1 Gauge Thickness (inch)
4 Units: cell names 2 BWG SWG
5 flow (mass) kg/h mflow_unit 3
6 flow (volume) m3/h vflow_unit 1 vflow_conv_2 (US gpm to ft3/h) 4 24 0.022 0.022
7 temp °C temp_unit 1 temp_conv (=1 no conversion, =2 °C to °F, =3 °F to °C) 5 22 0.028 0.028
8 temp (abs) K tempa_unit 6 20 0.035 0.036
9 pressure (gauge) barg Pg_unit Pg_conv 7 18 0.049 0.048
10 pressure (abs) bara Pa_unit 1 Pa_conv 8 16 0.065 0.064
11 pressure (drop) bar dP_unit 9 14 0.083 0.080
12 area (vessel) m2 Avess_unit 1 Avess_conv 10 12 0.109 0.104
13 area (orifice) cm2 Aorif_unit 1 Aorif_conv 10 0.134 0.128
14 density kg/m3 dens_unit 1000 dens_conv 1 dens_conv_2 8 0.165 0.160
15 viscosity cP visc_unit 6 0.203 0.192
16 specific heat kJ/kgK cp_unit 1 Cp_conv < chosen
17 enthalpy kJ/kg enth_unit 1 enth_conv Constants:
18 heat flow kW heat_unit 1 heat_conv Tube rupture:
19 nozzle size - nozz_unit Hp gas to LP gas 0.008354 HPg_LPg_const
20 diameter (small) mm dia_unit_small 1000 dia_conv 1 dia_conv2 1 NB_conv Hp liq to LP liq 1.77 HPl_LPl_const
21 diameter (long) m dia_unit_big 1 dia_big_conv Hp liq to LP gas 1 HPl_LPg_const
22 height (small) mm ht_unit_small 1 ht_small_conv Hp gas to LP liq HPg_LPl_const
23 height (long) m ht_unit_big 1 ht_big_conv
24 length (small) mm len_unit_small 1 len_small_conv
25 length (long) m len_unit_big 1 len_big_conv
26 HT coeff W/m2°C htcoeff_unit 1 htcoeff_conv 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
27 fouling factor m2°C/W ff_unit 1 ff_conv
28
29 Constants:
30 Pressure 1.013 converting gauge to absolute Pconv_unit
31 100000 converts pressure to N/m2 Pconv_z_unit pressure conversion for Z factor routine
32 1 converts pressure from bara Pconv_Pc_unit critical pressure conversion
33 Gas constant 0.083145 R_gas_const
34
35 Orifice plate calc non-comp 0.889 Orifice_noncomp_const
36 comp_subcritical 0.889 Orifice_comp_sub_const
37 comp_critical 0.24 Orifice_comp_crit_const
38
39 List of case nos. on Summary sheet (used during sorting cases)
40 Summary_sort

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W X Y Z AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AI AJ AK AL AM AN
1 FIRE fire_liqgas_flag fire_liq_flag pipe_incl_flag
2 No. of cases default= 1 1 0 Constants:
3 Case 1 'Q' equation constants fire_Q_consta fire_Q_constb
4 2 api520_ax_const api520_bx_const
5 3 api_520_1 Q= 43.2 * As ^ 0.82 API RP520
6 4 api_520_2 Q= 71 * As ^ 0.82 API RP520 where adequate drai
7 5 rospa m2 rospa_ax_const rospa_bx_cRoSPA / ICI
8 6 0 63.1 * As ^ 1.0
9 7 18.6 224.1 * As ^ 0.566
10 8 92.9 632.0 * As ^ 0.338
11 9 260 43.1 * As ^ 0.82
12 10 ** where adequate drainage
13 11 and firefighting do not exist
14 12 'W' equation constant 3600 fire_W_const
15 13
16 14 Fire zone height 9.15 fire_basis_init
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AO AP AQ AR AS AT AU AV AW AX AY AZ BA BB BC BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BK BL
1 THERMAL EXPANSION CONTROL VALVE FAILURE CASE 5 - REBOILER STEAM VALVE FO
2 No. of liquid cases No. of gas cases No. of cases Constants: No. of cases Constants:
3 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 liquid sub crit 0.00116 CV_liq_sub_flow_const Case 1 1000 case5_Q_const
4 2 2 2 critical 0.00116 CV_liq_crit_flow_const 2 3600 case5_flow_const
5 3 3 3 gas sub crit 0.0472 CV_gas_sub_flow_const 3
API RP520 where6 adequate drai 4 4 4 critical 0.0545 CV_gas_crit_flow_const 4
7 5 5 5 steam sub crit 0.0724 CV_satsteam_sub_flow_const 5
8 6 6 6 critical 0.0837 CV_satsteam_crit_flow_const 6
9 7 7 7 sub crit 0.0724 CV_supsteam_sub_flow_const 7
10 8 8 8 critical 0.0837 CV_supsteam_crit_flow_const 8
11 9 9 9 Tsh const 0.00126 CV_supsteam_Tsh_const 9
12 10 10 10 two-phase non-cond 0.0518 CV_2ph_liqNcg_flow_const 10
13 11 11 11 vap 0.0366 CV_2ph_liqVap_flow_const 11
14 12 12 12 12
15 13 13 13 13
16 14 14 14 14
17 15 15 15 15
18 16 16 16 16
19 17 17 17 17
20 18 18 18 18
21 19 19 19 19
22 20 20 20 20
23
24 Constants:
25 liquid 3.6 gas 3600.0
26 liq_expn_const gas_expn_const
27
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BM BN BO BP BQ BR BS BT BU BV BW BX BY BZ CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ
1 CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 7 CASE 9 CASE 10 CASE 14
2 No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases
3 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1
4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
17 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
19 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
21 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
22 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
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CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ DA DB DC DD DE DF DG DH DI DJ
1 CASE 15 CASE 16 CASE 17 CASE 18 CASE 19 CASE 20 CASE 21 CASE 22 CASE 23
2 No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases No. of cases
3 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 1
4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
13 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
17 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
19 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
21 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
22 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
23
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25
26
27
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