Safety Relief Valve Case Studies

Stagnation
Case
Flow
Temperature
(C)
1
Vapor
151.80
2
Flashing
151.82
3
Hybrid
150.08
4
Flashing
151.82
5
Hybrid
150.08
6
Flashing
151.82
7
Flashing
151.82
8
Liquid
40.00
9
Liquid
40.00
10
Frozen
151.85
11
Frozen
151.85
12
Flashing
151.82
13
Flashing
151.82
14
Hybrid
150.10
15
Hybrid
150.10
16
Flashing
151.82
16
Flashing
151.82
16
Flashing
151.82
17
Frozen
151.85

Inlet
Quality

Viscosity

Flow Rate
(pph)

1.0
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
CT - 1.5
HOM
0
0
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01

Low
Low
Low
Moderate
Moderate
Low
Low
Low
High
Low
High
High
Very high
Very high
High
Very high
High
Moderate
Very high

22273
91755.2
96069.5
88572.5
92375
61578.6
103183
759375
669851
233743
212397
80977.4
59035
82140
57097.1
9446
77237
80033
176666

Choke
Pressure
(psia)
37.1
58.5
58.5
58.2
58.2
48.9
62.4
39.3
38.8
59.0
54.7
57.8
55.1
60.0
60.0
60.0
38.0

Choke
Temperature
(C)
155.2
143.9
143.9
143.7
143.8
137.6
146.3
144.2
141.5
143.5
142.0
144.8
144.8
144.8
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Choke
Quality
1.00
0.03
0.02
0.03
0.02
0.09
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.02
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01

Non-Recoverable Inlet
Pressure Loss
(psi / % Pset)
2.9/5.6
0.7/1.3
0.7/1.4
0.95/1.8
1/1.9
1.6/3.1
0.4/0.8
1.55/3
3.0/5.7
0.5/1
0.8/1.6
0.3/0.5
4/7.5
1.4/2.7
4/7.7
2.4/4.7

Discharge Back
Pressure
(psi / % Pset)
1.9/3.7
4.3/8.1
4.9/9.3
4.7/9.0
5.3/10.1
3.4/6.4
5.3/10.1
4.1/7.7
5.6/10.7
1.8/3.4
1.9/3.6
4.7/9.0
3.8/7.3
4.9/9.4
3.7/7
4.4/8.4

Pipe Sizes
4x6
4x6
4x6
4x6
4x6
4x6
4x6
6x6
6x6
6x6
6x6
6x6
4x6
4x6
4x6
Nozzle
Nozzle
Nozzle
6x6