Blowdown Orifice Sizing Calculation Template

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Vessel
Fluid Phase Vapour

Relief Pressure P1 = 200 bar a###

Target Downstream Pressure P2 = 2.0 bar a###
OK - Critical Flow
Relief Temperature T = 361 K
Relief Load W = 6803 kg/h
Compressibility z = 0.88
Molecular Weight MW = 24.52
Upstream Diameter D = 49.22 mm
Cp / Cv k = 1.18
Specific Gravity g = 0.85
Discharge Coefficient C = 0.83932

Ycr = [(k/z (2 / (k + 1))(k + 1)/(k - 1)]0.5 = 0.69

Estimate Blowdown Orifice Diameter d

d = (W / 0.1668762 C Ycr Ftp P1 (g / T)0.5)0.5 Let Ftp =1

d= 8.54 mm

Calculate Ftp using the estimated d

Ftp = 1 + ki/2 (2 / (ki+1))(ki + 1)/(ki - 1) b4 where b = d/D = 0.17

Ftp = 1.0002
in2
Calculate d using Ftp
d= 8.54 mm Area = 57 mm2

Critical Pressure Ratio for a Thick Orifice => Pcrit / Ftp P1 = (2 / (ki + 1)) (ki / (ki - 1))
(For thick square edged orifices and steady, isentropic flow)
Critical P = 114 bar a

OK - Critical Flow
 1 Enter orange boxes with input data.
2 Green boxes are output data calculated by template

Template name: Calculation of blowdown orifice

Template number: HCPE-MMP-0008
Purpose: This template calculates blow down orifice size
Template is part of THE HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING by Mihir M Patel