Tuesday, 5 April 2016

Flarenet avoid an excessive back pressure scenario

Excessive backpressure at a pressure relief valve may affect the performance of that valve, potentially resulting in instability and/or significantly reduced flow capacity, jeopardizing the safety of the equipment which the valve is meant to protect. The following discussion addresses how excessive backpressure can be addressed using Flarenet.
We can avoid a back pressure scenario by:

- Increasing pipe size
- Changing PSV type (balanced bellow instead of conventional)
- Introducing jump overs
- moving the load to another section of the flare

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