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Helloall,
IhaveaquestiononwhatisthebasistochoosepilottypePSV?
InoticedsomevendoruseconventionaltypeandotherchoosepilotforaLNGtank.
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Yizsteph,

SomeselctioncriteriaareprovidedinthelinkbelowforselectionofPilotOperatedSafetyvalveabbreviatedas"POSV".

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Posted04August201405:45AM

Yizstesh,

Inbrief:

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1Whenoperatingpressureissoclosetosetpressure
2Backpressureishigherthan50%ofthesetpressure

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3Inletlineissolongthefrictionlossmaypass3%ofthesetpressure
...........
ThePOSVisselected

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Posted04August201409:22AM

IamfamiliarwithpilotoperatedpressurereliefvalvesasappliedonLNGstoragetanks.AsaDNVGLemployeeIhaveparticipatedin
evaluatingLNGtanksandwrittenassessmentreportsonthistypeofapplicationonanLNGterminalandcanrelatetothisquery.TheLNG
tankreliefvalvesIamfamiliarwithareAndersonGreenwood,model931216FAwhichIbelievearestandardintheindustry.Thebody
andbonnetmaterialare316SS.ThesetpressureandMAWPareusuallyaround2psig.Atthislowpressure,itisveryimportanttoattain
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fullvalvecapacityassoonaspossiblewhenthesetpointisreached.Apilotoperatedtypesafelydoesthisasopposedtoapallet,gravity
valve.

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Pilotoperatedpressurereliefvalvesconsistofamainvalvewithpistonordiaphragmoperateddiscandapilot.Undernormaloperating
conditionsthepilotallowssystempressureintothepistonchamber.Sincethepistonareaisgreaterthanthediscseatarea,thediscisheld
closed.Whenthesetpressureisreached,thepilotactuatestoshutoffsystemfluidtothepistonchamberandsimultaneouslyventsthe
pistonchamber.Thiscausesthedisctoopen.

Thepilotoperatedpressurereliefvalvehasseveraladvantages.

Asthesystempressureincreases,theforceholdingthediscintheclosedpositionincreases.Thisallowsthesystemoperatingpressuretobe
increasedtovalueswithin5%ofsetpressurewithoutdangerofincreasedseatleakageinthemainvalve.

Pilotsaregenerallydesignedwithaseparatecontrolforsetpressureandblowdown.Valvescanbesettoopenfullyatthesetpressureand
closewithaveryshortblowdown.

Anotheradvantageofpilotoperatedpressurereliefvalvesisthereducedcostoflargervalvesizes(whichisthecaseinLNGtanks).The
largespringandassociatedenvelopeisreplacedbyasmallpilot,thusreducingthemassandcostofthevalve.

Pilotoperatedpressurereliefvalvesaresuppliedwithfilterstoprotectagainstforeignmatterandarealwaysrecommendedforrelatively
cleanfluidservice(whichistypicalofLNG).

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