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PRD Sizing as per API 520 (Steam)

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CALCULATION OBJECTIVE

CALCULATION BASIS

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INTRODUCTION
The Spreadsheet provide calculations for PRV sizing for steam

INPUT
PSV PSV or Rupture disc
Psv and RD not Are Psv and Rupture disc is in combination?
10 Overpressure
70000.0 Kg/h Q Required Flowrate
338.0 °C T Relieving Tempeature
640.4 °F T Relieving Tempeature
11032 Kpag Pset Pressure Set point
0 Kpag Pback Constant Backpressure
0.9 ¯ Z Compressbilty Factor (Z=1)
18 M Molcular Weight
1 ¯ Kb Vendor Provided Value

OUTPUT
0.975 ¯ Kd Effective Coefficent Discharge( PSV=0.975 ,RD= 0.62)
1 Kc Combination Correction factor for installations with RD
1103.2 Kpag Overpressure
11133.325 Kpaa P1 Upstream reliveing pressure
1.00 KN Correction Factor for Napier Equation
1.00 Ksh Superheat steam Correction Factor

Steam is saturated
1226.1 mm2 A Orifice Area Calculated
1.90 inch2 A Orifice Area Calculated
L Selected Orifice
2.853 inch2 A Orifice Area for Selected Orifice
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LIST 1
PSV
Rupture disc

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Psv and RD IN
Psv and RD not

overpressure
10
16
21
RD= 0.62)
s with RD

Table 1- Standred Effective Orifice Area

List 1
Orifice designation
D
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
 L
M
N
P
Q
R
T
Non-standard size
1- Standred Effective Orifice Areas According API 526

Orifice area, in2

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0.110
0.196
0.307
0.503
0.785
1.287
1.838
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3.600
4.340
6.380
11.050
16.000
26.000