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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