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CASES OF ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE

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Approval Date: December 30, 2006 Code Cases will remain available for use until annulled by the applicable Standards Committee.

Case 2561 Use of Power-Actuated Pressure-Relief System for High-Pressure Vessels Instead of Pressure-Relief Valves or Rupture Disks Section VIII, Division 3 Inquiry: Under what conditions and limitations may a power-actuated pressure relief system be used for highpressure vessels, instead of pressure-relief valves or rupture disks as an alternative to the requirements of KR-120? Reply: It is the opinion of the Committee that a poweractuated pressure relief system (see Fig. 1) may be used for high-pressure vessels instead of pressure-relief valves or rupture disks, provided all of the following requirements are met: (a) The pressure vessel shall be equipped with an external yoke to support the end closures. (b) The Users Design Specication shall require over pressure protection in accordance with this Case. In addition, the Users Design Specication shall certify that the User will demonstrate the functioning of the system prior to initial operation and at least four times per year. (c) The Manufacturers Design Report shall contain instructions for demonstration of the functioning of the system. (d) The source of pressure shall be external to the vessel by means of an intensier system whose output pressure to the vessel is a xed multiple of the hydraulic supply pressure to the intensier. This system shall meet the following requirements: (1) A pressure-relief device shall be provided on the low pressure side of the intensier. This device shall be set to limit the maximum output pressure on the highpressure side of the intensier to 25% above the design pressure of the vessel. This system shall meet the requirements of KR-126. (e) The pressure shall be measured by means of two independent transducers. (f) An elongation-measuring device shall be provided to continuously indicate the elongation of the yoke relative to a reference bar, rod, or prestressed wire that does not elongate as the pressure changes. The bar, rod, or prestressed wire shall be placed at a position where the elastic elongation (strain) of the yoke is linearly proportional to

the pressure. The system to prestress the wire may be a spring or a weight. The relative displacement between the yoke and the prestressed wire, bar, or rod where elongation is measured shall be at least 0.030 in. (0.75 mm). (1) The bar, rod, or prestressed wire shall be designed and installed such that temperature does not affect the results. The bar, rod, or wire must be placed in such a way that it maintains zero strain during pressurization. (2) Means shall be provided to automatically reset the zero of the elongation-measuring device at the beginning of each pressurization cycle to maintain calibration. (g) A nonprogrammable or programmable electronic system, as dened in ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 1 (IEC 61511-1 Mod) shall be used to process the signals from these sensors. The overpressure protection system shall meet the requirements in ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 1 (IEC 61511-1 Mod) for safety integrity level (SIL) 3. The following input signals shall be processed: (1) two pressure transducers (2) the elongation-measuring device that continuously measures the elongation of the yoke (h) The pressure vessel shall be automatically depressurized under any of the following conditions: (1) Any of the outputs (pressure transducers and elongation device) indicate that the pressure exceeds the design pressure or 104% of the maximum operating pressure. (2) Any of the three input signals are lost or fail for a duration of 2 sec or more. (3) Any of the pressure or elongation outputs deviates from any other output by more than 5%. (i) There shall be at least two normally opened (NO) valves that are kept closed by the use of hydraulic or pneumatic pressure, so that both valves open (thereby lowering the vessel pressure) when the electrical signal to the valve is lost. (j) The power-actuated pressure-relief valves shall be designed to fail open, relieving the pressure in the pressure vessel in case of an electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic failure. (k) The set pressure tolerance for the power actuated pressure relief valves shall not exceed 5% of the set pressure.

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The Committees function is to establish rules of safety, relating only to pressure integrity, governing the construction of boilers, pressure vessels, transport tanks and nuclear components, and inservice inspection for pressure integrity of nuclear components and transport tanks, and to interpret these rules when questions arise regarding their intent. This Code does not address other safety issues relating to the construction of boilers, pressure vessels, transport tanks and nuclear components, and the inservice inspection of nuclear components and transport tanks. The user of the Code should refer to other pertinent codes, standards, laws, regulations or other relevant documents.

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CASES OF ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE

FIG. 1 POWER ACTUATED RELIEF VALVES CIRCUIT

Power actuated relief valve 1 High pressure High pressure Power actuated relief valve 2

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(l) Flow capacity calculations shall be done in accordance with the requirements of KR-150 and shown in the Users Design Specication. (m) As an alternative to the ow capacity testing requirements of Article KR-5 and KR-346, the capacity of the power-actuated pressure-relief valve may be demonstrated by tests on a prototype system. If any of the essential system design variables change, a new demonstration shall be required. The essential variables are as follows: (1) an increase in vessel volume (2) an increase in heating capacity (3) an increase in intensier capacity (4) a change in the relief ow path conguration that could reduce the ow capacity (5) a change in the valve size or model number

(6) a change in any other variables that could increase the required relief capacity or reduce the furnished relief capacity of the system The system shall be tested using worst case conditions, in such a way that it can be demonstrated that the pressure will be limited to the Design pressure plus the accumulation permitted by this Division. The demonstration shall be witnessed by the Authorized Inspector. (n) The Authorized Inspector shall witness the initial setting and verication of the functionality of each power actuated pressure relief valve. (o) The results of the ow capacity demonstration and the setting and verication tests shall be documented in the Manufacturers Design Report. (p) This Case number shall be shown on the Manufacturers Data Report.

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