API 520

Part 1-Sizing & Selection Part 2-Installation

Scope
Equipment MAWP > 15 psig(103 kPag) Unfired pressure vessel Sizing procedures and methods

Overpressure/Structural failure At Atmospheric and low pressure storage h i dl t tanks Fired vessel Section 1,ASME Boiler and pressure V Vessel code & ASME B31.1 l d B31 1

Pressure Press re Relief De ice Device

Re closing Type a. a A Relief Valve b. Safety Valve c. Safety Relief Valve d. Conventional Pressure Relief Valve e. Balanced Pressure Relief Valve f. Pilot Operated Pressure Relief Valve Re closing Type a. Rupture Disc b. b Pin-actuated Device

Dimensional Characteristics of Pressure Relief Device

Actual discharge area Effective discharge area Bore area Huddling chamber Inlet size Outlet size i Curtain area Lift Minimum net flow area

Operational Characteristics p
coefficient of discharge:
a. Effective coefficient of discharge b. Rated coefficient of discharge

System Pressures and Temperatures

Maximum operating pressure Maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP)/design pressure Accumulation Overpressure rated relieving capacity

Device Pressure
Set Pressure The cold differential test pressure (CDTP) The burst pressure The marked burst pressure or rated burst pressure The specified burst pressure Burst-pressure tolerance Lot of rupture disks The manufacturing range Back pressure Built-up back pressure Superimposed back pressure Blowdown Opening pressure Closing Pressure Simmer operating ratio Leak test Leak-test pressure relieving conditions specified disk temperature of a rupture disc

 Conventional Pressure Relief Valves safety valves/ relief valve/ safety relief valves

Spring-Loaded Pressure Relief Valves (Gas/Vapor Service)

Conventional Pressure Relief Valve with a Single Adjusting Ring for Blowdown Control

Conventional Pressure Relief Valve with Threaded Connections Th d dC ti

Relationship Between Lift of Disk in a Pressure Relief Valve and Vessel Pressure

Spring-Loaded Pressure Relief Valves ( Liquid Service ) Li id S i

Balanced Pressure Relief Valves

Pilot-Operated Pressure Relief Valves V l

Parts a. Main Valve b. A Floating Unbalanced Piston Assembly c. An External Pilot (pop/modulating) Types a. a The flowing Type b. The Non flowing Type

Pop Action Pilot Operated Pop-Action Pilot-Operated Valve (Flowing-Type) (Flowing Type)

Pop-Action Pilot-Operated Valve (Non flowing-Type)

Modulating Pilot-Operated Valve (Flowing-Type)

Pilot-Operated Relief Valve with a Nonflowing Modulating Pilot V l M d l ti Pil t Valve

RUPTURE DISK DEVICES (Rupture Disc)

Single, Multiple, and Fire Applications g Rupture Disk Device at the Inlet of a Pressure Relief Valve Rupture Disk Device at the Outlet of a Pressure Relief Valve Highly Corrosive/Highly Viscous

Types a. Forward-acting, tension loaded. b. Reverse acting, b Reverse-acting compression loaded loaded. c. Graphite, shear loaded.

Forward-Acting Scored Rupture Disk

Forward-Acting Composite Rupture Disk g p p

Reverse-Acting Rupture Disk with Knife Blades

Reverse-Acting Scored Rupture Disk gS p

Graphite Rupture Disk

Buckling Pin Valve g

Manufacturing Ranges and Corresponding Burst Pressure Marking P M ki

 DETERMINATION OF RELIEF REQUIREMENTS(API 521) API EFFECTIVE AREA AND EFFECTIVE COEFFICIENT OF DISCHARGE(API 526)

Part 2 2-

Installation

Inlet Piping to Pressure-Relief Devices a. Flow and Stress Considerations o a d S ess Co s de a o s b. Vibration Considerations c. Pressure Loss at the Pressure-Relief Valve Inlet d. d Size and Length of Inlet Piping to Pressure PressureRelief Valves

REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS
API RP 520 Sizing, Selection, and Installation of PressureRelieving Devices in Refineries, Part II, Installation API Std 526 Flanged Steel Pressure Relief Valves API Std 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code Maintenance Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration API RP 521 Guide for Pressure-Relieving and Depressuring Systems D i S t API Std 527 Seat Tightness of Pressure Relief Valves API RP 576 Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices API Std 2000 V ti Venting At Atmospheric and Low-Pressure h i dL P Storage Tanks (Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated). ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section I, Power Boilers 1998 Power Boilers, 1998 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Pressure Vessels, Division 1, 1998 p g, , B31.1 Power Piping, 1995, latest addenda B31.3 Process Piping, 1996, latest addenda