BACK PRESSURE CALCULATOR FOR PSV OUTLET PIPING (DRAFT)

PSV SET PRESSURE, (psia) 1400

GAS FLOW RATE,MMSCFD 0.03
GAS FLOW RATE,LB/HR 32680 PROMAX
TEMPERATURE, R (F+460) 480
ID OF PIPE, in 1.939
COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR, Z 1
MOLECULAR WEIGHT, lb/FT^3 252.45 PROMAX
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 0.84 PROMAX
VISCOCITY,Cp 0.0185 PROMAX
CRITICAL PRESSURE, Pr (psia) 29.375239
REYNOLDS NUMBER, Re 14120.40199
MOODY FRICTION FACTOR,f 0.0265 FROM THE CHART BASED ON ROUGHNESS
EQUIVALENT LENGTH OF PIPE, IN 162 FROM THE ADJACENT TABLE
F*L/D 2.214027849
Pb (psia) 70
K FACTOR 2.941808927
CAN WE USE A CONVENTIONAL VALVE? YES

Manually pick Pb such that the K factor is ~equal to the (F*L/D)

value.
Pb must not be more than 10% of the set pressure.