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    Back to basics flow vs density relationship in an orifice

    Thankyou all for the responses. That has given me the useful equations and background information I needed. My curiosity now stems even further as to how those relationships/equations were derived in the first place, but I guess that's like asking a question why does gravity act the way it...
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    Back to basics flow vs density relationship in an orifice

    Apologies, here's a bit more background. If I have a mass rate of gas (Mol wt. 20) and want to read off a graph with the x-axis being a rate of air (StdL/hr) what the equivalent rate of air is, how would one do this? I used the ideal gas relationship (PV = nRT) to take the mass rate of gas...
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    Back to basics flow vs density relationship in an orifice

    Hi guys, Why is the relationship between the mass flow and the density not linear in flow through an orifice?
  4. bouk

    PSV flange leak testing

    I am installing a new PSV on an HP methanol pump discharge line and I need to prepare leak test P&IDs for new flanges. This is a brownfield job therefore my issue is there are no isolations downstream of the PSV so I was wondering how to leak test the PSV flanges as it is not possible to create...
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    Thoughts on a gas condensate line being decommissioned

    Thanks all for the input - it's looking like we're going to inject them with nitrogen and then either flush with seawater or pig using a gel based pig. There are still quite a few unknowns - in particular because pigging of the line hasn't been done previously so the contents are a guess at the...
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    Thoughts on a gas condensate line being decommissioned

    It was just depressurized and has just been sitting there
  7. bouk

    Thoughts on a gas condensate line being decommissioned

    Sorry, let me clarify, it is primarily a gas pipeline with a small amount of condensate in it.
  8. bouk

    Thoughts on a gas condensate line being decommissioned

    Hi there, I'm no specialist in decommissioning of pipelines, so would like some thoughts from those with some experience in this. I've got a gas condensate line that's been shut in for several years now and looking to be decommissioned. First task is to actually work out what could actually be...
  9. bouk

    Degasser design

    Hi, I am looking to size a degasser at a high level (i.e. I don't yet need to specify liquid levels) and wondered whether I should size it for a horizontal two phase or three phase? At first I thought two phase, but then wondered that maybe I need to consider three phase because as well as...
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    Blowdown with water vs water free basis

    Hi, Can anyone advise, as the results I am getting are confusing the theory I thought! I did a blowdown in Hysys of a vapour phase stream with a fire case with water and then removed the water and normalised my components and did it on a water free basis. I had thought that the water free...
  11. bouk

    Advice on a peak blowdown rate required

    Hi guys, I need some advice. I am doing some work with flarenet so I require some peak blowdown rates for my system. My blowdown valve is a globe valve (CV = 77). I am going to use hysys, but I am not sure about the vapour flow equation in Hysys, so I wonder if anyone knows a way to convert my...
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    Annulus vent ideas?

    Cheers guys will take a look into those possibilities
  13. bouk

    Annulus vent ideas?

    Yes, that's correct. It's trying to fit something new into something old if that makes sense!
  14. bouk

    Annulus vent ideas?

    Anyone got any ideas for what to do with an annulus vent which is not able to be tied into the flare system because the flare is too high a pressure for this to be possible?
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    Control valve with flashing across it

    Hi everyone, I have an existing control valve and I wish to check it is adequate for some different flowrates. When I model the valve in Hysys with a pressure drop, I notice that the liquid phase upstream of the valve becomes liquid with a bit of vapour downstream. Do I need to use any...
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