Recent content by gColbert

Have any of you had experience with "The AIChE / ASME / DUG course “Emergency Relief System Design Using DIERS Technology”", and if so is it worth the money? I have an opportunity to go, but don't want to waste my employer's money. What do you think?

What is the currently accepted (by API, ASME, OSHA, courts of law) good engineering practice method of calculating relief devices with two phase flow?

Thanks dcasto. Originally, I was confused on where to start, since all I have done is calc's on vessels, and the fire scenario was the worst case for each of those. It is hard to imagine a fire affecting a 1 1/2" pipe though. I am actually finishing up an incomplete package for another...

I need to protect a 1 1/2" pipe from overpressure, it is on the outlet of a desuperheater. The conditions are: 11321 lb/hr steam 665 psia 740 F Set pressure of PSV is 730 psig. I need to know where to start. Can I take the conditions of saturated steam at 730 psig, subtract the above...