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The document provides a calculation sheet for determining the sizing of safety relief valves. It includes fields for inputting design parameters like flow rates, operating pressures, and material properties. Equations from industry standards are referenced for calculating the required relief valve area based on the process conditions.

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Calcule Valve Relif Ventin

The document provides a calculation sheet for determining the sizing of safety relief valves. It includes fields for inputting design parameters like flow rates, operating pressures, and material properties. Equations from industry standards are referenced for calculating the required relief valve area based on the process conditions.

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SAFETY RELIEF VALVE CALCULATION SHEET

(to API 520-Part 1:2000)


= input field

Unit

Tag number

Service

Job number

DESIGN BASE
Hazard

Volume flow

Mass flow

Q [m3/s]

W [kg/s]

Remarks

Total Electricity Failure


Total Cooling Water Failure
Total Instrument Air Failure
External Fire
Thermal Expansion

Take Nominal size : 1" x 1"; Min. ANSI 300x150 LBS; A= 0.11 [inch 2]

Other Failure
Determining case

CALCULATION

Gas/Vapour

Steam

Liquid

EQUATIONS

Critical flow criterion

Operating pressure

[barg]

Max. operating pressure

[barg]

Vessel design pressure

[barg]

Max. allowable working pressure

[barg]

Set pressure

[barg] Ps
[barg] Pc

Ps

[barg] Pv
[%] Ro

Pv

Pv

Ro

Ro

Pb

Pb

P2

P2

A 734

P1

P1

Gas/Vapour - sub-critical flow

Constant back pressure


Variable back pressure
Allowable over pressure

Net spring setting

Ps-Pc

Total back pressure

Pc+Pv

[bar]
[barg] Pb
[bara] P2

Ps*(100+Ro)/100

[barg]

Pc

[bara] P1

ditto (abs.)
Temperature at max. relief pressure

[oC] T

Molweight

Compressibility factor

Ratio of specific heats

Density liquid at T oC
Pv/Ps*100

Total backpr. ratio

Pb/Ps*100

Abs. backpr. ratio

P2/P1

2)

[%] Rv
[%] Rt

Rv

d
Rv

Rt

Rt

Coefficient of discharge

(default 0.975)

Combination factor

(1.0 for RV, 0.9 for RV+RD)

Back press. correction

(API 520-Fig.30)

Superheat steam corr.

(API 520-Table 9)

Corr. factor for Napier equation

3)

3) 5)

Kd

Kc

Kc

Kb

Kb

Ksh=1 if saturated

Ksh

Kn=1 if P1<100 bara

Kn

Kc

C K d P1 K b K c

T 273 Z
M

1 r
r
1
1 r

F2 Kd Kc

T 273 Z
M P1 P1 P2

W
P1 Kd K b K c K n K sh

(default 0.62)
(API 520-Fig.31)

Kw

Viscosity correction

(API 520-Fig.36)

Kv

Overpress. correction

(API 520-Fig.37)

3)

A 3.48

Q
d

Kd Kw Kc Kv Kp
125
. Ps Pb

Liquid - with capacity certification


Kd

Back press. correction

A 3.48

Kd K w Kc Kv

d
P1 P2

Kp

Relief rate (mass flow)

[kg/s] W

Relief rate (volume flow)

[m3/s]

Area calculated

[inch2] A

NOTES

W
A

[cm2]

Remark
Recommended size
SELECTED VALVE

1
1

Liquid - no capacity certification

Kd

Coefficient of discharge

ditto

C 520

A 10.6

C
F2

Sub-critical flow factor

Steam - critical flow

If P2 < Pcf vapour flow is critical


Critical flow factor

Gas/Vapour - critical flow

F2

r
[bara] Pcf

Critical flow throat pressure

[kg/m3]

Variable backpr. ratio

Ps

1)

ditto (abs.)
Max. relief pressure

Pcf P1

[letter designation/inch2]

1)

2)

When Rv > Ro, use balanced type RV's

3)

To be checked with vendor

4)

Pilot valves only in clean service

5)

for conv/pilot valves Kb=1

Only for conventional RV's

COMMENTS

Type (conventional/balanced/pilot)
Nozzle area / Letter designation

Flange class Inlet / Outlet

Manufacturer model nr.


Made by:

Date:

Revision

Checked by:

Date:

Date

Appr. by:

Date:

Signed

Location :
Eng. by

Plant :
:

Principal :

DEP 31.36.90.94-Gen., sheet 1/1 01/2001


This sheet is available from Shell Global Solutions as registered software (automatic calculation)

Project & Group No.:


Sheet No.
Drawing No. T

cont'd on sheet No.

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