1.0 GLOSSARY OF PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE TERMINOLOGY PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE: ‘SAFETY VALVE: RELIEF VALVE: SAFETY RELIEF VALVE: ‘SET PRESSURE: SIMMER: BLOWDOWN: RESEAT PRESSURE: OVERPRESSURE: ACCUMULATION: ‘SUPERIMPOSED BACKPRESSURE: BUILT-UP BACKPRESSURE: EFFECTIVE DISCHARGE AREA: COEFFICIENT OF DISCHARGE: MEASURED RELIEVING CAPACITY: COLD DIFFERENTIAL TEST PRESSURE (CDTP}: (CHATTER: ‘An engineered devioe designed to open witha system pressure upset and then close lo prevent further flow of afd ater normal condtons have been restore, | pressure rete! vate actuated by net static pressure, characterized by rapid opening or pop acton, | prssue ret vale acluaes by nl stat pressure, characterized by opening in proportion to int pressure incre. A prossure rtf vate wih opering charactrisics of a safely valve or rel valve, depending on application, ‘The measure of opening of a slety rele! valve infb./sq inch gauge, detectable by sound, sight or touer. Algo defined as opening pressure, pooping pressure, pop-ff pressure or star-o-ascharge pressue, Apoliodto safety or safety ai valves in compressible fluid save, the audible or \sible hid escape between seat and spindle at an inl stat pressure below popping pressure and «tno measurable capacty, ‘The diference between sel pressure and resal pressure expressed 2s a percentage of sl pressure; i, avalve set at 100 psig reseating at 95 psig has a 5% blowdown. ‘That pressure at which the safely rele vale closes, Most xed blowdown syle safety ee valves reseat at 30-40% of sl pressure, wih adjustable Blowdown valves reseating al 5-10% of set pres- sue 3 ‘The percentage of pressure applied ta an open PRY measured over and above he sel pressure ASME Cade Section Vil safly valves must develo ful capaci with overpessure af na more han 10% or 3 ps, whichever's greater. ‘The pressure inctease above maximum allowable working pressure of he vessel during discharge through a reli valve expressed as apercenage ofthat pressure in sig, As transfarred back tough the discharge systom, the sac pressure al the outlet ofa PRY atthe time tha device is required to operate. Also refered to as a sacondary pressure source imposed on ‘he outlet of the PRY. Pressure at the outlet caused by lowing forces trough that device toward the discharge system, Used low formula to determine capacity ands the nominal or computed flow area at enozzle of rele valve. The ratio f the measured leving capaci of a valve tothe theoretical reevng capac. Expressed gravmetically or yelumetically, the elleving capacity of a pressure rel device meas: ure a actual owing pressure and temperature, oat slandard condtons. ‘The inlet static pressure at which a reli valves set to open onthe est stand, which includes corec- tions fo service conditions including backpressure and temperature Abnormal, uncon, rapid reciprocating movement othe spindle sk onthe seat ofa pressure ape GHlowsare>