I am working on the design of a test rig for a screw compressor and I have been looking into the use of a safety relief valve in our system. At the discharge side we are planning to have 2 control globe valves :
1 for controlling the bypass flow back into the suction side of the compressor
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Sub atmospheric pressure at the inlet is not really an issue since it's what we're expecting considering we will be using a differential pressure measurement device. Ideally we want to carry out tests to replicate real world conditions as much as possible and the pressure is typically just below...
LittleInch - thanks for the information it's really helpful. Why is laminar flow undesirable in this case?
Ted - That's correct. The reasoning behind this is that the pressure and temperature upstream will be ambient and it means our measurement device will be more robust in comparison to...
The project I'm working on involves designing the piping system for a reciprocating compressor test rig - only clean air will be used as the medium. For the compressor packages safety relief valves are used, however I am trying to see if there is any reason why a rupture disk cannot be used...
I have been tasked with designing the pipework for an in-house test rig of a compressor and the medium will always be air. I am struggling to find any guidance on the maximum allowable flow velocities within a pipe or what this would be based on. I understand that it's an act of balancing the...
