Check valve downstream of a PSV
Check valve downstream of a PSV
(OP)
In a recent HAZOP, operators told me that they were under the impression that we could not install a check valve on a PSV discharge. Can anybody point me to the code that would reference this?





RE: Check valve downstream of a PSV
I do know I have never done it, or seen it done.
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RE: Check valve downstream of a PSV
RE: Check valve downstream of a PSV
RE: Check valve downstream of a PSV
Besides, I can not think why you might want to place any restrictive device, or a device subject to mechanical failure downstream.
Paul Ostand
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RE: Check valve downstream of a PSV
David
RE: Check valve downstream of a PSV