(27c) Properly Size Two-Phase PRV - Easier Than API 520 HDI Method
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2018
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
Global Congress on Process Safety
Pressure Relief Design Modeling - In Honor of Ron Darby
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 2:30pm to 3:00pm
The HDI method requires intensive effort depending on how close engineers desire the result, comparing to the actual integration. Therefore, an easier HD (Homogeneous Direct) method without integration, yet producing identical mass flux, is needed and proposed.
The new easier HD (Homogeneous Direct) method compares the velocity of fluid and the velocity of sound along the isentropic expansion path. The choke point is determined when the velocity of fluid equals the velocity of sound. The mass flux is then simply calculated by multiplying mass density and the velocity of fluid at the choke point. A detailed example will be given in the presentation.
The HD method is compared against the established data in âBenchmarking of two-phase flow through safety relief valves and pipesâ by Shawn Adair and Harold Fisher. The mass flow rate through a 4P6 relief valve by HD method is well within the reasonable range, among other established methods. The new easier HD method is also validated against API examples for gas, liquid, two-phase and supercritical relief.
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