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    PSV functional diagrams

    Hi all, I'm comparing different sources on various subjects of safety relief valves and found different diagrams showing a "typical" valve opening/closing characteristic. Of course there is API520 (8th ed.) which provides figure 6 (page 14), the Consolidated Catalogue for Safety Relief Valves...
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    Shouldn't allowed backpressure be based on differential (CDTP) rather than set pressure?

    Hi all, Yes, I know that the whole API always states that gauge set pressure should be used to check if built-up BP is within allowed limits. Still this question arises frequently and is answered differently. Most engineers I ask intuitively vote for CDTP as reference, me too. I searched the...

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