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  1. psafety

    Please help to guide how to size the Plant Air receiver volume?

    In the paper manufacturing we provide (2) air systems from the same compressing station. Referred to as essential & non-essential. Paper has very large equipment that requires a controlled shutdown and these critical pieces are fed from the essential side, all else from the other.
  2. psafety

    Pressure Vessels Reliefs or System Design Proctection

    I've known of inspectors that would bend if the isolation valves were "locked open" allowing a free path between the safety valve and vessel.
  3. psafety

    Direct Steam Injection vs Indirect Steam Injection

    When direct consider failure of vakving when the tank is empty. Stean condensing on interior surfaces will be your largest vacuum hazard.
  4. psafety

    Boiler Room Design for Blast

    Weak outside wall. Point the end at the wall. Assure no cafeteria, meeting room is along axis. Its not Code as I'm aware, just good engineering practice.
  5. psafety

    Explosion Protection in Small Ribbon Blender?

    NFPA 69 covers oxygen consentration for explosion protection.
  6. psafety

    Paint Storage - Flammable Liquids Classification

    If Flammable vapors are present normally ID1, If Flammable vapors are present abnormally (ie) by accident ID2. Vapors are probably heavier than air (confirm) then ventilation in at top out at bottom (sp gr based). Ribboms on vents confirm air movement.
  7. psafety

    Transport of Tested PSV's

    Most sites I've worked (within one company) had test benches we used for non-code/non-UV testing. One site I gained the ability to adjustment within spring range of all UV valves from the State Inspector. If test sites were not close we required VR test data accompany the valve, for legal...
  8. psafety

    vent sizing

    Google it. There are calculation methods available.
  9. psafety

    Relief Valve calculation verification

    When direction is not dedicted, follow US Codes to be safe. In my opinion.
  10. psafety

    Fire sizing RDs for a non-flammable

    Now in the States ALL vessels are protected. MAWP only works in the the new code that was previously CC2211.
  11. psafety

    Transport of Tested PSV's

    If a UV valve they should at least be sampled to assure accuracy is maintained in limits.
  12. psafety

    Pressure loss through perforated plate (air)

    My Input, REFERENCES: INDUSTRIAL PERFORATORS ASSOCIATION; TESTING BY BOYLE ENGINEERING LABORATORIES and MARKS' MECHANICAL ENGINEERS HANDBOOK -psafety
  13. psafety

    Compressor backflow

    On centrifugal in paralell we use checks as safeties. This is air I'm referring.
  14. psafety

    Antoine Constants For Water

    Steam Tables don't work??
  15. psafety

    Steam system start-up

    What I have seen in the industry I work is 6" and above require a warm-up bypass. Think .. that steam is warming that line on start-up, in a cold start-up near 100% goes to condensate ... can your traps handle this? NO, once the line is partially filled your moving water at steam velocities...
  16. psafety

    Storage tank imploded while draining

    Sizing a vent for drain down/pump out/steam condensation is a common design function.
  17. psafety

    placing electric pump unit in hazardous location

    Raise the pump to a level above the dike wall. Seen many pumps in flammable service inside the dike, use a pump pad equal or greater to the dike wall, this being "temporary" be creative. Use bonding/grounding (when you say portable, it echos flex hose).
  18. psafety

    Bursting Disc Cold set pressure: Temperature compensation or not:

    There is also a "manufacturing tolerance" to consider in the burst pressure with the temperature compensation.
  19. psafety

    different Cv definition

    No Kv is 86.5% of Cv, 100% Cv is the maximum the valve will pass, we used to size for valve operation around 70%, now the norm is more like 40% requiring much larger safeties (if) the control valve is the limiting basis.

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