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  • 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

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    Published date:  01-11-2015

    Publisher:  Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum - IP)

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    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

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    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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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum - IP)
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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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