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Most accidents in chemical plants result in spills of
toxic, flammable, and explosive materials.
b. The length of
time for the
benzene to leak
out is given by
Equation 4-20:
c. The maximum discharge occurs at t = 0 at a liquid level
of 17.0 ft. Equation 4-19 is used to compute the mass flow
rate:
4-4 Flow of Liquids through Pipes
Figure 4-6 Liquid flowing
through a pipe. The frictional
flow losses between the fluid
and the pipe wall result in a
pressure drop across the pipe
length. Kinetic energy
changes are frequently
negligible.
The frictional loss term F in Equation 4-28 represents the
loss of mechanical energy resulting from friction and
includes losses resulting from flow through lengths of pipe;
fittings such as valves, elbows, orifices; and pipe entrances
and exits. For each frictional device, a loss term of the
following form is used:
where
Kf is the excess head loss due to the pipe or pipe fitting
(dimensionless)
u is the fluid velocity (length/time).
Table 4-1 Roughness Factor for Clean Pipes
Pipe (mm)
material
Riveted 1-10
steel
Concrete 0.3-3
Cast iron 0.26
Galvanized 0.15
iron
Commercial 0.046
steel
Wrought 0.046
For fluids flowing through pipes
the excess head loss term Kf is
given by
where
f is the Fanning friction factor
(unitless),
L is the flow path length
(length),
d is the flow path diameter
(length).
The Fanning friction factor f is a function of the Reynolds
number Re and the roughness of the pipe . Table 4-1
provides values of for various types of clean pipe.
Figure 4-7 is a plot of the Fanning friction factor versus
Reynolds number with the pipe roughness, /d, as a
parameter.
For laminar flow the Fanning friction factor is given by
Pressure relief devices Use calculated total release rate at set pressure. Refer to
relieving directly to the pressure relief calculation. All material released is assumed to
atmosphere be airborne.
Wind Assume F stability, 1.5 m/s wind speed, unless meteorological data
speed/Stability indicate otherwise.