SAFETY RELIEF VALVE CALCULATION SHEET

(to API 520-Part 1:2000)

= input field

Unit

Tag number

Service

Job number

DESIGN BASE
Hazard

Volume flow

Mass flow

Q [m3/s]

W [kg/s]

Remarks

Total Electricity Failure

Total Cooling Water Failure
Total Instrument Air Failure
External Fire
Thermal Expansion

Take Nominal size : 1" x 1"; Min. ANSI 300x150 LBS; A= 0.11 [inch 2]

Other Failure
Determining case

CALCULATION

Gas/Vapour

Steam

Liquid

EQUATIONS

Critical flow criterion

Operating pressure

[barg]

Max. operating pressure

[barg]

Vessel design pressure

[barg]

Max. allowable working pressure

[barg]

Set pressure

[barg] Ps
[barg] Pc

Ps

[barg] Pv
[%] Ro

Pv

Pv

Ro

Ro

Pb

Pb

P2

P2

A 734

P1

P1

Gas/Vapour - sub-critical flow

Constant back pressure

Variable back pressure
Allowable over pressure

Net spring setting

Ps-Pc

Total back pressure

Pc+Pv

[bar]
[barg] Pb
[bara] P2

Ps*(100+Ro)/100

[barg]

Pc

[bara] P1

ditto (abs.)
Temperature at max. relief pressure

[oC] T

Molweight

Compressibility factor

Ratio of specific heats

Density liquid at T oC
Pv/Ps*100

Total backpr. ratio

Pb/Ps*100

Abs. backpr. ratio

P2/P1

2)

[%] Rv
[%] Rt

Rv

d
Rv

Rt

Rt

Coefficient of discharge

(default 0.975)

Combination factor

(1.0 for RV, 0.9 for RV+RD)

Back press. correction

(API 520-Fig.30)

Superheat steam corr.

(API 520-Table 9)

Corr. factor for Napier equation

3)

3) 5)

Kd

Kc

Kc

Kb

Kb

Ksh=1 if saturated

Ksh

Kn=1 if P1<100 bara

Kn

Kc

C K d P1 K b K c

T 273 Z
M

1 r
r
1
1 r

F2 Kd Kc

T 273 Z
M P1 P1 P2

W
P1 Kd K b K c K n K sh

(default 0.62)
(API 520-Fig.31)

Kw

Viscosity correction

(API 520-Fig.36)

Kv

Overpress. correction

(API 520-Fig.37)

3)

A 3.48

Q
d

Kd Kw Kc Kv Kp
125
. Ps Pb

Liquid - with capacity certification

Kd

Back press. correction

A 3.48

Kd K w Kc Kv

d
P1 P2

Kp

Relief rate (mass flow)

[kg/s] W

Relief rate (volume flow)

[m3/s]

Area calculated

[inch2] A

NOTES

W
A

[cm2]

Remark
Recommended size
SELECTED VALVE

1
1

Liquid - no capacity certification

Kd

Coefficient of discharge

ditto

C 520

A 10.6

C
F2

Sub-critical flow factor

Steam - critical flow

If P2 < Pcf vapour flow is critical

Critical flow factor

Gas/Vapour - critical flow

F2

r
[bara] Pcf

Critical flow throat pressure

[kg/m3]

Variable backpr. ratio

Ps

1)

ditto (abs.)
Max. relief pressure

Pcf P1

[letter designation/inch2]

1)

2)

When Rv > Ro, use balanced type RV's

3)

To be checked with vendor

4)

Pilot valves only in clean service

5)

for conv/pilot valves Kb=1

Only for conventional RV's

COMMENTS

Type (conventional/balanced/pilot)
Nozzle area / Letter designation

Flange class Inlet / Outlet

Manufacturer model nr.

Made by:

Date:

Revision

Checked by:

Date:

Date

Appr. by:

Date:

Signed

Location :
Eng. by

Plant :
:

Principal :

DEP 31.36.90.94-Gen., sheet 1/1 01/2001

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Project & Group No.:

Sheet No.
Drawing No. T

cont'd on sheet No.