(i) What is the wetted area of the vessel? (ii) What is the required relief rate of the PRV? (iii) What is the required orifice area, and letter designation of the PRV?

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What is the wetted area of the vessel?
(ii)
What is the required relief rate of the PRV?
(iii) What is the required orifice area, and letter designation of the PRV?
(iv) What is the rated relief rate of the PRV?
Transcribed Image Text:(i) What is the wetted area of the vessel? (ii) What is the required relief rate of the PRV? (iii) What is the required orifice area, and letter designation of the PRV? (iv) What is the rated relief rate of the PRV?
Question 9
A 10m diameter above-ground uninsulated steel spherical
pressure vessel contains liquified butane (CaH10) and is
controlled to be filled to within 3m of the top.
There is a risk that the tank could be surrounded by fire. Your
task is to choose an appropriate pressure relief valve that will
discharge to atmosphere and will not have a rupture disk fitted.
Answer the questions that follow the data below;
Butane
Vessel
MAWP = 1500 kPag
boiling point = -1°C
compressibility (Z)=0.9
orifice gas constant (C) = 335
latent heat vaporisation (AH.) = 386 kJ/kg
overpressure = +21%
atm. pressure = 101 kPaa
actual coeff. of discharge (Ka) = 1
Transcribed Image Text:Question 9 A 10m diameter above-ground uninsulated steel spherical pressure vessel contains liquified butane (CaH10) and is controlled to be filled to within 3m of the top. There is a risk that the tank could be surrounded by fire. Your task is to choose an appropriate pressure relief valve that will discharge to atmosphere and will not have a rupture disk fitted. Answer the questions that follow the data below; Butane Vessel MAWP = 1500 kPag boiling point = -1°C compressibility (Z)=0.9 orifice gas constant (C) = 335 latent heat vaporisation (AH.) = 386 kJ/kg overpressure = +21% atm. pressure = 101 kPaa actual coeff. of discharge (Ka) = 1
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