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    Safety Use and Handling of Amonnia as Refrigerant

    Hope this helps http://www.hse.gov.uk/lau/lacs/31-1.htm
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    Pressure Relief System in a Production module-Bulk Drug(API) Manufactu

    Pressure relief systems are a system of last resort. It is best practise to design the system so that pressure relief device systems are not required. For example specify the vessels with a design pressure higher than any pump can deliver. I noted that you have solvents present so fire may be...
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    shell and tube relief sizing

    The conservative approach is to assume that there is a sudden tube rupture and in this case the relief device would have to pass the cooling water at a volume rate equal to the gas rate flowing from the ruptured tube. However an alternative approach is to assume that the leak develops slowly...

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