COMMENTARYON

PSVSETPRESSURE
INLIGHTOFASMESECIEDITION2013
KhurramRamay|SeniorDesignEngineer|January21,2015

1. BASICDEFINITIONS

1. OPERATINGPRESSURE

Thepressurewhichisrequiredfortheprocess,servedbythevessel,atwhich
thevesselisnormallyoperated.

2. DESIGNPRESSURE

Thepressureusedinthedesignofavessel.Itisrecommendedtodesigna
vesselanditspartsforahigherpressurethantheoperatingpressure.Adesign
pressurehigherthantheoperatingpressurewith30psior10percent,
whicheveristhegreaterwillsatisfythisrequirements.Thepressureofthefluid
andothercontentsofthevesselshouldalsobetakenintoconsideration.

3. MAXIMUMALLOWABLEWORKINGPRESSURE

Theinternalpressureatwhichtheweakestelementofthevesselisloadedto
theultimatepermissiblepoint,whenthevesselisassumedtobe:
(a)Incorrodedcondition
(b)Undertheeffectofadesignatedtemperature
(c)Innormaloperatingpositionatthetop
(d)Undertheeffectofotherloadings(windload,externalpressure,hydrostatic
pressure,etc.)whichareadditivetotheinternalpressure.

Whencalculationsarenotmade,thedesignpressuremaybeusedasthemaximum
allowableworkingpressure(MAWP)code32.

4. PSV,PRV,PSRV

PRVforliquidservice
PSVforgasservice
PSRVforliquidandgasservice

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InstrumentSocietyofAmerica:
SafetyValve(PSV):Anautomaticpressurerelievingdeviceactuatedbythestatic
pressureupstreamofthevalveandcharacterizedbyfullopeningpopaction.Itis
usedforgasorvaporservice.

ReliefValve(PRV):Anautomaticpressurerelievingdeviceactuatedbythestatic
pressureupstreamofthevalvewhichopensfurtherwiththeincreaseinpressure
overtheopeningpressure.Itisusedprimarilyforliquidservice.

SafetyReliefValve(PSRV):Anautomaticpressurerelievingdevicesuitableforuse
eitherasasafetyvalveorreliefvalve,dependingonapplication.

Forboilersmostlywetakedesignpressureasmaximumallowableworkingpressure

2.SELECTIONOFNUMBEROF
SAFETYVALVES

1.

EveryboilerfallsunderASMESecIscoperequiresonepressurerelieve
valve

2.
Twopressurereliefvalvesarerequiredif

Baretubeheatingsurface>47m2forsteamboilers

Or

PowerInput>1100KWforelectricboilers

Or

Baretubeplusextendedwatersurface>47m2andsteamcapacity>1.8TPH

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3. SETPRESSURE
REQUIREMENT

Setpressure=<MAWP

Noboiler,exceptaforcedflowsteamgeneratorwithnofixedsteamandwaterline
thatmeetsthespecialprovisionsofPG67,shallbeoperatedatapressurehigher
thanthemaximumallowableworkingpressureexceptwhenthepressurereliefvalve
orvalvesaredischarging,atwhichtimethemaximumallowableworkingpressure
shallnotbeexceededbymorethan6%.

FullPopupPressure=<3%ofsetpressureplussetpressure

Thesetpressuretoleranceplusorminusshallnotexceedthatspecifiedinthe
followingtable:

SetPressure,psi(MPa)

Tolerance,plusorminus
FromSetPressure

70(0.5)

>70(0.5)and300(2.1)
>300(2.1)and1,000(7.0)
>1,000(7.0)

2psi(15kPa)
3%ofsetpressure
10psi(70kPa)
1%ofsetpressure

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4. MINIMUMBLOWDOWN
PRESSURE

Minimumblowdownof2psi(15kPa)or2%ofthesetpressure,
whicheverisgreater
Maximum blow down pressure shall be mentioned by
processengineerasperprocessrequirement

5. MINIMUMREQUIREDCAPACITY
OFRELIEVEVALVE
MinimumCombinedRequiredCapacityofRelieveValves>Max
Steamingcapacity@MAWP

Notes
1. For boilers that useauxiliary firing incombinationwith
theprimaryheatsource,theeffectofsuchfiringshallbe
includedinthetotalrequiredcapacity

2. Minrequiredrelievingcapacity

=maxoutputinBTU/Hr.(W)atboilernozzleproduced
bythehighestheatingvaluefuel/1000(646)
3. Pressure relieve valves shall be capable of satisfactory
operation when relieving water at the saturation
temperaturecorresponding to the pressureat which the
valveissettoblow

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6. SAFETYVALVEREQUIREDON
ECONOMIZER
Any economizer that may be shut off from the boiler, thereby permitting the
economizertobecomeafiredpressurevessel,shallhaveoneormorepressurerelief
valves
Thedischargecapacityofthepressurereliefvalve,orvalvesshallbesufficientto
preventthepressurefromexceeding.

7. SAFETYVALVEREQUIREDON
SUPERHEATER

Everyattachedsuperheater(ExceptForanisolableorseparatelyfiredsuperheater)
shallhaveoneormorepressurereliefvalvesinthesteamflowpathbetweenthe
superheateroutletandthefirststopvalve.Thelocationshallbesuitableforthe
service intended and shall provide the overpressure protection required. The
pressure drop upstream of each pressure relief valve shall be considered in the
determinationofsetpressureandrelievingcapacityofthatvalve.Ifthesuperheater
outletheaderhasafull,freesteampassagefromendtoendandissoconstructed
thatsteamissuppliedtoitatpracticallyequalintervalsthroughoutitslengthso
thatthereisauniformflowofsteamthroughthesuperheatertubesandtheheader,
thepressurereliefvalve,orvalves,may belocatedanywhereinthelengthofthe
header.

8. SUPERHEATERCAPACITYCANBE
INCLUDEDINTHEOVERALL
RELIEVINGCAPACITYREQUIRED

Thedischargecapacityofthepressurereliefvalve,orvalves,onanattachedsuper
heatermaybeincludedindeterminingthenumberandsizeofthepressurerelief
valvesfortheboiler,providedtherearenointerveningvalvesbetweenthesuper
heaterpressurereliefvalveandtheboiler,andprovidedthedischargecapacityof
thepressurereliefvalve,orvalves,ontheboiler,asdistinctfromthesuperheater
isatleast75%oftheaggregatevalvecapacityrequired.

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