Chapter 10.

Problems 10-2b, 10-3e, 10-4d, 10-5b, 10-10

Chapter 11. Problems 11-5, 11-9

10-2. Calculate the diameter of a certified capacity spring-type liquid relief for the
following conditions:
Pump
capacity Set pressure Overpressure Backpressure Valve type (ρ /ρref)
at Δp
a. 100 50 psig 5 psig 5 psig Conventional 1.0
gpm
b. 200 100 psig 10 psig 10 psig Balanced-bellows 1.3
gpm
c. 5 m3/s 5 barg 0.5 barg 0.5 barg Balanced-bellows 1.2
d. 7 m3/s 10 barg 1 barg 1 barg Conventional 1.0

b. 1.084 inches

10-3. Calculate the diameter of a spring-type vapor relief for the following conditions.
Assume for each case a heat capacity ratio γ = 1.3 and a compressibility z = 1.0.

Set
Temperature Molecular weight Mass flow Overpressure Backpressure
pressure
a. 100 100°F 28 50 lbm/hr 10 psig 10 psig
psig
b. 150 200°F 44 100 lbm/hr 30 psig 15 psig
psig
c. 200 100°F 28 150 lbm/hr 10 psig 20 psig
psig
d. 8 barg 300 K 44 10 kg/s 1 barg 1 barg
e. 10 400 K 28 20 kg/s 2 barg 2 barg
barg
f. 20 barg 400 K 28 30 kg/s 2 barg 1 barg

e. 0.102 m
10-4. Calculate the required diameter for certified-capacity liquid rupture discs for the
following conditions. Assume a liquid specific gravity of 1.2 for all cases.
 Liquid
Set pressure Overpressure Backpressure
flow
a. 500 100 psig 10 psig 5 psig
gpm
b. 100 50 psig 5 psig 2 psig
gpm
c. 5 10 barg 1 barg 0.5 barg
m3/s
d. 10 20 barg 2 barg 1 barg
m3/s

d. 0.59 m

10-5. Calculate the diameter for rupture discs in vapor service for the following

Back
Gas
Temperature Set pressure Overpressure press
flow
ure
a. 100oF 100 psig 10 psig 5 psi
100
lbm/h
r
b. 150oF 150 psig 15 psig 10
200 psi
lbm/h
r
c. 10 400 K 10 barg 1 barg 0.5
kg/s barg
d. 20 500 K 20 barg 1 barg 0.5
kg/s barg
conditions. Assume that nitrogen is the vent gas.

b. 0.147 inches
10-10. A cylindrical tank, 4 ft in diameter and 10 ft long, is completely filled with water
and blocked in. Estimate the thermal expansion rate of the water if the water is at
50°F and the steel shell of the tank is suddenly heated to 100°F by the sun. Assume
a heat transfer coefficient of 50 Btu/hr ft2 °F and that only the top half of the tank is
heated.
 If the tank is exposed to fire, what is the required relief area? Assume no overpressure.
The tank MAWP is 200 psig.
D= 0.578 in

11-5. Conduct a safety review for the design of the system described in Example 11-2.
This reactor is used to polymerize ethylene oxide to form polyols.

Develop a check list as Example 11-2, and perform safely review for ethylene oxide. With data
from reference:

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ceng403/gr1599/finalreport3.html

11-9. A heat exchanger is used to heat flammable, volatile solvents, as shown in Figure
11-7. The temperature of the outlet stream is measured by a thermocouple, and a
control valve manipulates the amount of steam to the heat exchanger to achieve the
desired set point temperature.
a. Identify the HAZOP study nodes of the process.
b. Perform a HAZOP study on the design intent of “hot solvent from heat exchanger.” Recommend
possible modifications to improve the safety of the process.
a. Node 1: Hot solvent line from exchanger.

Node 2: Steam line to condenser.

Node 3: Cold solvent to exchanger.

Node 5: Heat exchanger.

Node 4: Condensate from exchanger.

Node 6: Control loop.

b. Use Table 11-10 as a template for node 1.

Figure 11-7 Temperature control using a heat exchanger.