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11 - Safety in Equipment Design - Part1
11 - Safety in Equipment Design - Part1
CHE 141
Why do we need to install a relief device?
http://www.engineeringexpert.net/
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Pressure Relief Devices
2. Liquid Overflow
Pipe
Size the liquid
overflow line such
that it can release
the accumulating
liquid in the vessel.
Pressure Relief Devices
3. Rupture Disks
4. Relief Valves
1. A flame or a glow:
2. Smoke:
3. Noise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare
Stack Supports
Design Procedures
where:
Vmax = maximum permissible velocity at
the flare tip, ft/s
Bv = Heating value of the gas being
flared, Btu / scf
Design Procedures
Flare Height