Application of SAFIRE in the design of an emergency relief vent for a storage vessel
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OSTI ID:255389
- Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Shell Development Company, Houston, TX (United States)
For a gas-producing (gassy) decomposition reaction with established kinetics, SAFIRE (Systems Analysis For Integrated Relief Evaluation) is applied to design pressure relief vents for two storage vessels. The reactant concentration in the solvent differs significantly between the two vessels. SAFIRE is employed to validate experimentally derived kinetics through simulation of the reaction`s concentration, temperature and pressure history in the testing apparatus. Following this, SAFIRE is then applied to determine safe vent sizes for commercial-scale vessels. For the particular system under study, {open_quotes}hybrid/tempered{close_quotes} or {open_quotes}hybrid/nontempered{close_quotes} behavior may be observed, depending on the reactant concentration. The results for these two systems are compared. The utility and flexibility of SAFIRE are also demonstrated. 17 refs., 23 figs., 2 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 255389
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9508216--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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