relief valves
relief valves
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how should be calculated the temperature at the outlet pipe from a relief valve for vapor/gas flow in case of fire or power failure?
is there a temperature gradient along the outlet pipe till the flare header?
is there a temperature gradient along the outlet pipe till the flare header?





RE: relief valves
I'm not sure of your application, but, normally, if there is a danger of heat and/or gas from a relief valve, the practice is to vent to the outside or to the stack (in the case of a furnace).
RE: relief valves
what i ment is for example if a relief valve is set to 20 barg and 200 deg C what will be the temperature at the outlet of the relief valve when vapor or gas are discharged from the relief valve.
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RE: relief valves
A rule of thumb for cooling on expansion is about 7 deg F per 100 psi I believe (do a keyword search on the site, this has been discussed quite a few times).
RE: relief valves
I thing that one way to estimate that temperature is getting entalphy from a Molliere Diagram as TD2K said, after that you can get the oulet temperature with 1 Bar (atmospheric pressure), starting with 20 barg and 200°C I got 160°C, assuming that the entalphy is constant.
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