EI GUIDE. DESIGN & OPER. HEAT EXCHANGERS : 2015-12
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GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS TO WITHSTAND THE IMPACT OF TUBE FAILURE
01-11-2015
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Heat exchanger selection considerations
3 Shell and tube heat exchanger design
4 Relief system design
5 Dynamic simulation
6 Instrumentation design and selection
7 Operation
Annexes
Annex A - Glossaries
Annex B - References
Annex C - Applicable UK legislation
Annex D - Incidents
Annex E - Failure statistics
Annex F - Experimental validation
Annex G - Crossflow vibration analysis
Annex H - Impact initial step pressure calculation
Annex I - Shell and tube heat exchangers design
sensitivity simulations
Annex J - Options for relief device locations
Annex K - Simulation of slug flow in the relief pipe
Pertains to process, mechanical and instrumentation engineers to use when designing systems incorporating STHEs, when reviewing systems designed prior to publication of these guidelines, or when the process conditions are to be changed that could invalidate assumptions made in the system design.
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| API 520-1 : 2014 | SIZING, SELECTION, AND INSTALLATION OF PRESSURE-RELIEVING DEVICES - PART 1: SIZING AND SELECTION |
| EI GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE AND OPTIMUM : 1ED 2001 | GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE AND OPTIMUM DESIGN OF HYDROCARBON PRESSURE RELIEF AND BLOWDOWN SYSTEMS |
| API 581 : 2016 | RISK-BASED INSPECTION METHODOLOGY |
| ISO 4126:1981 | Safety valves — General requirements |
| API 521 : 2014 | PRESSURE-RELIEVING AND DEPRESSURING SYSTEMS |
| API 660 : 2015 | SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS |
| EEMUA 211 : 2016 | GUIDANCE ON THE SPECIFICATION OF PRESSURE VESSELS |
| CEN/TR 14549:2004 | Guide to the use of ISO 15649 and ANSI/ASME B31.3 for piping in Europe in compliance with the Pressure Equipment Directive |
| API 520-2 : 2015 | SIZING, SELECTION, AND INSTALLATION OF PRESSURE-RELIEVING DEVICES - PART 2: INSTALLATION |
| 1997/23/EC : 1997 | DIRECTIVE 97/23/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 MAY 1997 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING PRESSURE EQUIPMENT |
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