Recent content by sethoflagos

Some very good points, but there are also some interesting certification issues to consider. In general, the majority of us are only asked to ballpark equipment design. Compressor performance is guaranteed not by us, but by the compressor vendor; PSV rated capacity is certified by the valve...

I didn't find anything specific in GPSA on a quick browse, but a couple of thoughts: If you have Shell contacts, standard drawing 10.010 covers bottom outlet vortex breakers up to 24". This would extrapolate for 48" ND to a 72" circular plate (1.5ND) located 24" (0.5D) above the outlet on 16-20...

That's 0.5% difference [surprise]

Good point 25362. But the sitution is actually worse than having to worry which planet you're on. The gravitational 'constant' gc is tied to sea level at latitude 45 or thereabouts. Now I live within a stones-throw of the equator where gravity's a little (not much, but a little) stronger. Is...

So what's the volume of 1 Nm3? We don't know - we need more information. But we do know how many molecules are there. Beg to differ Ashereng, the units are kmols.

Are you guy's sure about this? Nm3 is not a unit of volume, it's 1/22.4 of a kmol of gas (which just happens to occupy 1 m3 at ntp). Hence 1.3138 kg/Nm3 is equivalent to saying Molecular Weight = 29.43. Isn't it?

bmp28, The DEP reference is 31.11.05.11-Gen which gives rho-v2 limits identical to those you quote (december 1996 revision). It's very conservative.

On a re-read, you're interest is in in-breating. Much the same except tank vacuum mustn't fall below design gauge vacuum. API 2000 design doesn't cover vacuum developed from condensation following steam out. In-breathing flows in this scenario can be very high and require rigorous evaluation on...

RJB32482, Essentially, you will evaluate the capacity of the vent in a similar fashion to a PSV discharge tailpipe - ie evaluate the hydraulic losses through the vent at your design vent flow and check the backpressure does not exceed 110% of the tank design pressure (assuming an API 620 tank -...

Latexman, sshep beat me to the weephole! The 'Chinese Hat' used to be a popular device for this. Basically a shallow sheet steel cone secured some distance from the end of the tailpipe by welded strapping.

rusika, Going back to your original point, when a centrifugal pump is throttled back, eventually you reach a condition where the liquid contents of the pump are simply spinning around in the volute. No fluid requires pressurising since the fluid at the outer wall of the volute is already at...

Genewarun, Montemayor's comments are very sound - fixed nitrogen storage is normally only justifiable where there is a sizable continuous demand such as a major petrochem tank farm. But you mention 'isolated locations' - are you somewhere that experiences supply difficulties? If you are...

What actually got me thinking hard about this is EGT01's comments on the API 521 'anomaly' and whether that compromises the conservatism of the isothermal assumption. If the rev 4 version underestimates pressure drops by 25+%, is there always at least 25% conservatism in the rev 3 version and...

Hmmm, interesting. So it takes a special design of relief valve to prevent supersonic flow? ;-)

On the other hand, Chevron Nigeria lost a 400,000 bbl crude oil tank to lightning a couple of years ago, but the bund did its job. Which was sort of good news for the other eleven tanks.