PRESSURE RELIEF SIZING

CALCULATION OBJECTIVE
i. To identify the orifice size of PSV- 971A.B in fire case
ii. To identify the PSV inlet and outlet line size

CALCULATION METHOD and STANDARD

i. API STD 521, Addendum May 2008 "Guide for Pressure Relieving and Depressuring System"
ii. API STD 526, Errata May 2009 "Flanged Steel Pressure Relief Valve"

ASSUMPTION AND BASIS

Fire Case Scenario
Design pressure of K.O Drum PK-971-D2 657 kPag
Set pressure of PSV 657 kPag
Fire contigency
This is relevant contigency.
1. Input process data:
- Operating conditions
Op. Pressure: 313.8 kPag Op.Temperature: 46 oC Ambient temperature: 27 oC
- Scrubber geometry
Assume that K.O Drum contains liquid with LZAHH of Vessel V-1000 (Refer to Equipment sizing report -010-CA-003 )
- Total astimated K.O Drum volume and piping system refer to sheet of Inventory Volume Calculation sheet 6
Liquid volume: 0.179 m3 Vapor volume: 0.258 m3
- PSV-971A.B data
Set pressure: 657 kPag Accumulation: 21% of set pressure
Relieving pressure: 795 kPag Back pressure: 110 kPa (preliminary estimation)
Coefficient of discharge Kd: 0.975

2. Vapor relief load

To define gas relieving rate through PSV under fire exposure, below scenarios to Boiling liquid in case Max Liquid hold up (Worst Case)
3. Latent heat determination
- Relieving temperature is simulated by HYSYS
- Vapor and liquid volumetric flowrates are adjusted to their actual volume occupied in K.O Drum plus 10% of piping inventory.
- Total heat input (Q) from fire will be transfered to fluid, heat accumulated by vessel metal is not considered. Input heat (Q) is used
mainly to increase the fluid temperature (Sensible Heat Qs) and partly to vaporise the liquid (Latent Heat of Vaporization H)
- Relief liquid is flashed fractionally at 1%, 2%, 5% to determine its respective latent heat. Repetition is interupted once the latent
heat tends increasing and the flashing vapour will be relieving flowrate as required.
4. Line sizing criteria
Line size will be verified based on gas flow relieved by real orifce area (rated flow) and PSV tailpipe back pressure of flare header
- PSV upstream line:
v < 20 m/s ∆P < 0.03 x PSV set pressure
- PSV downstream line
Mach number < 0.75 ∆P < 0.1 x PSV set pressure
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PSV-971A.B SIMULATION MODEL