Fire relief loads. API 521 "Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems" Tag Execution Height to floor H Diameter D Liquid level F Effective liquid level Feff Length L Type of ends Drainage/Firefighting Factor drainage/firefighting Factor F Type of equipment Wetted surface Aws
0455A-0455B Horizontal 145 610 425 280 2658 Ellipsoidal
mm mm mm mm mm
With measures 43200 1 m2 2.80
Total absorbed heat Q
164.8305
kW
Set pressure Latent heat of vaporization hvlo Mass Flow W
4 503.7 281.426
bar kcal/kg kg/h
Total Mass Flow (1) Valve capacity Total Valves Capacity
581.426 924.48 1848.96
kg/h kg/h kg/h
(1)
Worst case: includes max operating case and fire case
See API 521 Table 5
According 5.15.2.2.1 According Table 6 WORST CASE
5.15.2.2.1 equation (6)
See C_0455A_ARI
Type of Equipment Bare Vessel Insulated vessel, with insulation conductance values for fire exposure conditions Btu/hr ft2 ºF 4 2 1 0.67 0.5 0.4 0.33
W/m2 ºK 22.71 11.36 5.68 3.80 2.84 2.27 1.87
F 1
0.3 0.15 0.075 0.05 0.0376 0.03 0.026
Horizontal elipsoides = L*D*Arccos[(D/2-H)/D/2] + 0.6932*D2*Arccos [( 2.797812897
Esférico =
With measures Absent Horizontal Vertical Esférico
Flat end Spherical Ellipsoidal
0.08196721 1.48873705
*D*Arccos[(D/2-H)/D/2] + 0.6932*D2*Arccos [(D/2-H)/D/2]