API 521

Guide for Pressure-Relieving and Depressuring Systems

American Petroleum Institute, 03/15/1997

Publisher: API

File Format: PDF

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Published:15/03/1997

Pages:106

File Size:2 files , 11 MB

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A guide for plant engineers in the design, installation, and operation of pressure-relieving and depressuring systems. Supplements API Recommended Practice 520, Part I. Guidelines are provided for examining principal causes of overpressure; determining individual relieving rates; and selecting and designing disposal systems, including such component parts as vessels, flares, and vent stacks. Suggested solutions to the immediate design and economic and safety problems involved in pressure-relieving discharge systems are presented. Includes a new section on flare gas recovery.