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July 1, 2007

Emergency Pressure Relief For External Fire Scenarios

Emergency pressure relief is a dynamic event with rapidly changing physical properties.Available utilities aren’t always capable of handling the complex calculations commonly needed in the CPI. A simp

Greg Johnson, WorleyParsons

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   Traditional pressure-relief devices are, at times, unable to protect vessels at the elevated temperatures experienced during fires. As...

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