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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2012.16.4.59

A Study on Standards for Pressure Relief Valve Vent Pipes from LPG Storage Tanks  

Lee, Jin-Han (Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National Univ. of Technology)
Eom, Suk-Hwa (Institute of Gas Safety R&D, Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
Kim, Lae-Hyun (Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National Univ. of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.16, no.4, 2012 , pp. 59-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
The dispersion of gas discharged from the vent pipes of pressure relief valves attached LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) storage tank was studied. In general, vent pipes should be positioned so that they discharge vertically upwards in a safe place, and installed so that, in the event of ignition of discharged gas, flame impingement on any vessel, equipment or piping is avoided[1][2]. In Korea, on the other hand, there are various type of the end of vent pipes because there is no rule for discharge directions from the vent pipes. In this paper, we took 4 types of vent directions from the pipes in to account, such as vertically upward, vertically downward, vertically 4-way and horizontally 2-way direction. A software package, FLACS, was adopted to simulate gas dispersion from the vent pipes. We found that vertically downward, vertically 4-way and horizontally 2-way discharge from vent pipes were undesirable to avoid ignition on near ground. Therefore, it was obvious that vertically upward opening of a vent pipe is the best option to discharge in a safe place.
Keywords
vent pipe; pressure relief valve; jet dispersion; FLACS; LPG;
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