Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Acronyms and Abbreviations |
Introduction / 1: |
Objective / 1.1: |
Scope / 1.2: |
Design Codes and Regulations, and Sources of Information / 1.3: |
Organization of This Book / 1.4: |
General Pressure Relief Systems Design Criteria / 1.5: |
Process Hazards Analysis / 1.5.1: |
Process Safety Information / 1.5.2: |
Problems Inherent in Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling System Design / 1.5.3: |
Relief Design Criteria and Strategy / 2: |
Limitations of the Technology / 2.1: |
General Pressure Relief Strategy / 2.2: |
Mechanism of Pressure Relief / 2.2.1: |
Approach to Design / 2.2.2: |
Limitations of Systems Actuated by Pressure / 2.2.3: |
Considerations of Consequences / 2.2.4: |
Codes, Standards, and Guidelines / 2.3: |
Scope of Principal USA Documents / 2.3.1: |
General Provisions / 2.3.2: |
Protection by System Design / 2.3.3: |
Relief Device Types and Operation / 2.4: |
General Terminology / 2.4.1: |
Pressure Relief Valves / 2.4.2: |
Rupture Disk Devices / 2.4.3: |
Devices in Combination / 2.4.4: |
Miscellaneous Nonreclosing Devices / 2.4.5: |
Miscellaneous Low-Pressure Devices / 2.4.6: |
Miscellaneous Relief System Components / 2.4.7: |
Selection of Pressure Relief Devices / 2.4.8: |
Relief System Layout / 2.5: |
General Code Requirements / 2.5.1: |
Low-Pressure Devices / 2.5.2: |
Series/Parallel Devices / 2.5.5: |
Header System / 2.5.6: |
Mechanical Integrity / 2.5.7: |
Material Selection / 2.5.8: |
Drainage and Freeze-up Provisions / 2.5.9: |
Noise / 2.5.10: |
Design Flows and Code Provisions / 2.6: |
Safety Valves / 2.6.1: |
Relief Valves / 2.6.2: |
Low Pressure Devices / 2.6.3: |
Scenario Selection Considerations / 2.6.4: |
Events Requiring Relief Due to Overpressure / 2.7.1: |
Design Scenarios / 2.7.2: |
Fluid Properties and System Characterization / 2.8: |
Data Sources/Determination/Estimation / 2.8.1: |
Pure-Component Properties / 2.8.2: |
Mixture Properties / 2.8.3: |
Phase Behavior / 2.8.4: |
Chemical Reaction / 2.8.5: |
Miscellaneous Fluid Characteristics / 2.8.6: |
Fluid Behavior in Vessel / 2.9: |
Accounting for Chemical Reaction / 2.9.1: |
Two-Phase Venting Conditions and Effects / 2.9.2: |
Flow to Fluids through Relief Systems / 2.10: |
Conditions for Two-Phase Flow / 2.10.1: |
Nature of Compressible Flow / 2.10.2: |
Stagnation Pressure and Critical Pressure Ratio / 2.10.3: |
Flow Rate to Effluent Handling System / 2.10.4: |
Relief System Reliability / 2.11: |
Relief Device Reliability / 2.11.1: |
System Reliability / 2.11.2: |
International Codes and Standards / Appendix 2A: |
Property Mixing Rules / Appendix 2B: |
Code Case: Protection by System Design / Appendix 2C: |
Relief System Design and Rating Computations / 3: |
Purpose and Scope / 3.1: |
Required Background / 3.1.2: |
Vessel Venting Background / 3.2: |
General / 3.2.1: |
material and Energy Balances / 3.2.2: |
Two-Phase Venting Technology / 3.2.3: |
Methods of Solution / 3.2.5: |
Venting Requirements for Nonreacting Cases / 3.3: |
Thermal Expansion / 3.3.1: |
Fire Exposure / 3.3.2: |
Loss of Heating/Cooling Control / 3.3.3: |
Excess Inflow/Outflow / 3.3.4: |
Structural Failure / 3.3.5: |
Loss of Agitation / 3.3.6: |
Miscellaneous / 3.3.7: |
Vent Rate for Reacting Systems / 3.4: |
Computer Simulations / 3.4.1: |
Special-Case Integral Equations / 3.4.3: |
Computational Strategy and Tools for Relief Flow / 3.5: |
Gas/Vapor Flow / 3.5.1: |
Two-Phase Flow / 3.5.2: |
Nozzle and Piping Configuration for COMFLOW and TPHEM / 3.5.3: |
Relief System Sizing and Rating / 3.6: |
Pipe Runs / 3.6.1: |
Safety / 3.6.2: |
Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Acronyms and Abbreviations |
Introduction / 1: |
Objective / 1.1: |
Scope / 1.2: |