SAFETY RELIEF VALVE CALCULATION SHEET
(to API 520-Part 1:2000)
= input field
Unit
Tag number
Service
Job number
DESIGN BASE
Hazard
Volume flow
Mass flow
Q [m3/s]
W [kg/s]
Remarks
Total Electricity Failure
Total Cooling Water Failure
Total Instrument Air Failure
External Fire
Thermal Expansion
Take Nominal size : 1" x 1"; Min. ANSI 300x150 LBS; A= 0.11 [inch 2]
Other Failure
Determining case
CALCULATION
Gas/Vapour
Steam
Liquid
EQUATIONS
Critical flow criterion
Operating pressure
[barg]
Max. operating pressure
[barg]
Vessel design pressure
[barg]
Max. allowable working pressure
[barg]
Set pressure
[barg] Ps
[barg] Pc
Ps
[barg] Pv
[%] Ro
Pv
Pv
Ro
Ro
Pb
Pb
P2
P2
A 734
P1
P1
Gas/Vapour - sub-critical flow
Constant back pressure
Variable back pressure
Allowable over pressure
Net spring setting
Ps-Pc
Total back pressure
Pc+Pv
[bar]
[barg] Pb
[bara] P2
Ps*(100+Ro)/100
[barg]
Pc
[bara] P1
ditto (abs.)
Temperature at max. relief pressure
[oC] T
Molweight
Compressibility factor
Ratio of specific heats
Density liquid at T oC
Pv/Ps*100
Total backpr. ratio
Pb/Ps*100
Abs. backpr. ratio
P2/P1
2)
[%] Rv
[%] Rt
Rv
d
Rv
Rt
Rt
Coefficient of discharge
(default 0.975)
Combination factor
(1.0 for RV, 0.9 for RV+RD)
Back press. correction
(API 520-Fig.30)
Superheat steam corr.
(API 520-Table 9)
Corr. factor for Napier equation
3)
3) 5)
Kd
Kc
Kc
Kb
Kb
Ksh=1 if saturated
Ksh
Kn=1 if P1<100 bara
Kn
Kc
C K d P1 K b K c
T 273 Z
M
1 r
r
1
1 r
F2 Kd Kc
T 273 Z
M P1 P1 P2
W
P1 Kd K b K c K n K sh
(default 0.62)
(API 520-Fig.31)
Kw
Viscosity correction
(API 520-Fig.36)
Kv
Overpress. correction
(API 520-Fig.37)
3)
A 3.48
Q
d
Kd Kw Kc Kv Kp
125
. Ps Pb
Liquid - with capacity certification
Kd
Back press. correction
A 3.48
Kd K w Kc Kv
d
P1 P2
Kp
Relief rate (mass flow)
[kg/s] W
Relief rate (volume flow)
[m3/s]
Area calculated
[inch2] A
NOTES
W
A
[cm2]
Remark
Recommended size
SELECTED VALVE
1
1
Liquid - no capacity certification
Kd
Coefficient of discharge
ditto
C 520
A 10.6
C
F2
Sub-critical flow factor
Steam - critical flow
If P2 < Pcf vapour flow is critical
Critical flow factor
Gas/Vapour - critical flow
F2
r
[bara] Pcf
Critical flow throat pressure
[kg/m3]
Variable backpr. ratio
Ps
1)
ditto (abs.)
Max. relief pressure
Pcf P1
[letter designation/inch2]
1)
2)
When Rv > Ro, use balanced type RV's
3)
To be checked with vendor
4)
Pilot valves only in clean service
5)
for conv/pilot valves Kb=1
Only for conventional RV's
COMMENTS
Type (conventional/balanced/pilot)
Nozzle area / Letter designation
Flange class Inlet / Outlet
Manufacturer model nr.
Made by:
Date:
Revision
Checked by:
Date:
Date
Appr. by:
Date:
Signed
Location :
Eng. by
Plant :
:
Principal :
DEP 31.36.90.94-Gen., sheet 1/1 01/2001
This sheet is available from Shell Global Solutions as registered software (automatic calculation)
Project & Group No.:
Sheet No.
Drawing No. T
cont'd on sheet No.
