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blowdown type gas leak: from a plug in a 1/2 inch port

blowdown type gas leak: from a plug in a 1/2 inch port

blowdown type gas leak: from a plug in a 1/2 inch port

(OP)
Hi,

what is a good way to estimate how much gas was released from the following conditions:
1. 0.5" port
2. Initial pressure in the separator 175 psi (don't know if the separate size matters since we're working with the 0.5" plus size, but it's a 36"x10' separator)
3. blew down to atmospheric; so I guess final pressure from the separator 0 psi
4. time it took was about 45 seconds

how much gas in approximately was released.
assume gas is 0.7 specific gravity. all kinds of assumptions welcome.

Thanks a lot!

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RE: blowdown type gas leak: from a plug in a 1/2 inch port

If the "time" doesn't matter - and, since it went from 175 psig to 0.0 psig! - then "all" the gas that you originally calculate for PV=nRT is gone. (Minus 1x tank volume that stayed inside the tank)

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