Hi chicopee,
These are horizontal storage drums with design pressure of 250 and 350 psig resp. Propane is stored in compressed form with both liquid/vapor phases. One drum stores propane at 180psig/100F and the other two store at 300psig/100F.
Continued from earlier post:
If the safety valves on the Propane Storage drums are sized properly for the relief under Fire contingency, is it necessary to have the propane blowdown system? What is the current practice in newly designed Lubes Deasphalting/Propane Dewaxing Units?
We have a Blowdown system from storage drums in Propane service in case of fire contingency to
alleviate the concerns of BLEVE (boiling liquid-expanding vapor explosion).
What will happen, if I were to blowdown from the Propane Storage Drums? We have 3 Propane drums close together and one is...
