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  1. bnovak

    Relief Headers

    Thanks for the info. And as far as the water comment, I guess you could consider the reactor more of a mixing tank under 30 pounds of pressure. I’m dealing with at least 80% water by volume. After reading through all of the info from pleckner I have decided to go ahead and run 2 separate...
  2. bnovak

    Relief Headers

    I have 2 separate 5,000 gallon reactors each fitted with their own rupture disk (no PSV), but tie into the same relief header. They’re (the RDs) stamped with 82 psig @ 72 F. Doing a quick calculation (assuming only water in the reactor) gives me around a 2-2.5” required area and around 30,000...

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