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DeterminingGasBlowbyRequirements

REVA

APPR

MAQ

June,2016

Objective:Determinetherelievingfluidphaseduetolevelcontrol/inletcontrolvalvefailure(open);Evaluateifgasblowbyisacredible
caseforsizingdownstreamreliefvavles.
Assumptions:
V2onlyhasonefeedthatcomesfromV1
V2normalliquidlevelbelowinletfeednozzle
P1(PressureupstreamofLCV)=V1isoperatingatPAHHornormaloperaitngpressure+10%
P2(pressuredownstreamofLCV)=V2reliefpressure(PSVSetPressureX1.1)
Q1=CalculatedvapororliquidrateacrossLCVorbpass(Note1)
Note1:OnceyouhaveQ1,youcangobackandcalculate thelineloss(dP)
upstreamanddownstreamoftheLCVandgetanewP1andP2,whichcan
beusedtocalculateanewQ1.Thedownstreampressurewillhaveno
impactifyouareinchokeflow.
Note2:Typicallyresultsinundersizedreliefvalvesunlessitwasdesigned
withthiscaseinmind.
Note3:Creditforvaporoutflowcanbetakenifopenflowpathis
guaranteed(subractnormalvolumetricflowratefromcalculatedreliefrate
orcalculaterateatV2reliefpressure).
Note4:Creditforliquidoutflowcanbetakenifopenflowpathis
guaranteed(subractnormalvolumetricflowratefromcalculatedreliefrate
orcalculaterateatV2reliefpressure).
Note5:Liquiddisplacementcalculationmayresultinaveryhighrelief
load.Othermeansofreducingthereliefloadshouldbeusedsuchas
ensuringV1andV2LCVaresizedaccordingly,limitingthepressureonV
1,installingamechanicalstoponV1LCVtolimitblowbyrate.

PSV

Normal
vapor
out
(Note3)
V2

LC

V1

LCV

P1

Normal
liquid
out
(Note4)

P2
Q1

IsV1 MAWP>V

OverpressureofV2duetoV1LCV
failingopenisnotcrediblesinceV2
sourcepressureislessthanV1MAWP
(Blowbyisnotareliefscenario)

NO

YES
WhatphaseisV1 liquidatV
2reliefpressureand
temperature?

VAPORRELIEF
V2liquidlevelisbelowthefeed nozzle

VAPOR
V2reliefvalvesizedbasedonV1vapor
(gasblowby)

EvaluateliquidfromV1atV
2PSVrelieftemperatureand
pressuretodetermineif
flashingoccurs.

0.75inchtrim(Cv13)

LIQUIDORTWOPHASE
Determinethenewliquidlevel ofV2
afterV1emptiesallliquid
(PVTflashcalculationusingprocess
LIQUIDRELIEF
V2reliefvalvesizedbasedonV1liquidbeingpushedby
V1vapor(Note5)
NewV2levelexceeds
totalV2volume(V2
ovrefills)?

YES

Reliefload(WL)determinedbasedonliquiddisplacedment
WL =WV*(L/V)...... atreliefconditions
WV =vapormassrate(flowratethroughwideopencontrol
valveand/orbypass sameasVAPORRELIEFcalculation)

NO
IsnewV2liquidlevel
abovethefeednozzle?

YES

NO

NewV2levelisabove
thefeednozzle

VAPORRELIEF
V2levelisbelowthe
feed nozzle

Liquidvapor
disengagementanalysis
isrequiredto
determineV2relief
valveinletfluidphase

V2reliefvalvesized
basedonV1vapor
(gasblowby)
Reliefloadisflowrate
throughwideopen
controlvalveand/or

Isthereadequatetime
forliquidvapor

YES

NO

VAPORRELIEF

TWOPHASERELIEF

Liquiddropsoutofthegasbefore
reachingthereliefvalve

Both liquidandvaporenterthe
reliefvavle

V2reliefvalvesizedbasedonV1
vapor

V2reliefvalvesizingbasedon
twophaseflowusingV1gas
phaseandV2liquidphase

Reliefloadisflowratethroughwide
opencontrolvalveand/orbypass

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