Emergency Relief System Design

About the Author xvii
Preface xxi
1 Introduction to ERS Design 1
2 Terminology, Codes, Standards, Guidelines, and Plant Safety Fundamentals 7
3 Understanding MAWP and Inherently Safer Design 87
4 Flame Arresters, Joule-Thomson Effect, and PRV Stability 99
5 Contingency Analysis 195
6 Vapor-Liquid Disengagement 213
7 Handling Flammable and Combustible Materials 221
8 Low-Pressure Tanks and Low-Pressure Vessels 243
9 Reactive and Thermally Unstable Material 267
10 Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) 351
11 Dispersion Analysis 377
Appendices
Appendix A Units and Dimensions 385
Appendix B Material Balance 407
Appendix C Energy Balance and Thermodynamics 455
Appendix D Fluid Flow Fundamentals 503
Appendix E Heat Transfer 581
Appendix F Membrane Separation 649
Appendix G Distillation 657
Appendix H Absorption and Emergency Scrubbing 705
Appendix I Process Control 723
Appendix J Corrosion and Material of Construction, High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA) 745
Appendix K Equipment Design 759
Appendix L Engineering Economics 793
Appendix M Codes, Standards, and Safety-Related Acronyms 815
Appendix N Das's Laws 821
Index 833