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[vader]

Hi All,

I'm currently sizing the conservation vent for an Isopropyl Acetate Storage Tank. It is an Iso-Tanker with capacity of 24m3.

I understand the sizing requirement from API 2000. and have managed to calculate the following cases.

Out-Breathing
1. Filling operation
2. Thermal

In-Breathing
1. Filling Operation
2. Thermal

However as indicated under Clause 4.3.2.2.1 c) it states that for products stored above 40 Degree C or with a vapor pressure greater than 5 kPa, the out-breathing will have to be increased by its evaporation rate.

The liquid is stored at 35 Degree C (AtmosphericTemperature in an asian country), with a vapor pressure of approx 12 kPa.

How could we go about determining the evaporation rate? Do we simply equate
Rate of mass Vaporization = (the heat transferred to tank through radiation ) / (Heat of vaporization) ?

[breizh]

Vader,

Let you consider these resources ,
it should help you

Breizh

Edited by breizh, 30 May 2012 - 09:21 PM.

[vader]

Hi,

I understand the requirements and I have the exact values for the In-breathing and out-breathing to account for both thermal and filling operations.

However as indicated in API 2000, there is also a need to account for evaporation rate.

Is there anyway to account for vaporization rate?

As of now, how I have accounted for vaporization is by calculating the total energy being transferred via radiation divided by its heat of vaporization.

[fallah]

Vader,

Please specify the version No. of API 2000 from which you are referring to Clause 4.3.2.2.1 c.

Fallah

[Art Montemayor]

My copy of the referred reference reads as follows:

"Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated
API STANDARD 2000
FIFTH EDITION, APRIL 1998

4.3.2.2 Outbreathing (Pressure Relief) for Liquid With a Flash Point Above 100 °F (37.8 °C)

4.3.2.2.1
The requirement for venting capacity for maximum liquid movement into a tank and the resulting vaporization for liquid with a flash point of 100 ^oF (37.8 ^oC) or above or a normal boiling point of 300 ^oF (148.9 ^oC) or above should be equivalent to 6 SCFH of air for each 42 US gallon barrel (1.01 Nm 3/h per cubic meter) per hour of maximum filling rate."

Agreeably, this is terribly written English and very difficult to read – and, therefore, difficult to understand – but what I get from this is that you should allow for 6 Scfh of air (equivalent to the tank vapor) to be vented for each barrel (42 gal) per hour of filling rate. This is the same as saying: allow for venting 1.069 standard m³ (at 60 ^oF & 14.696 psia) of vapor for every cubic meter of hot fluid that enters the tank.

[Art Montemayor]

Gprocess:

The title of this thread is “Venting Requirement For Chemical Storage”, a topic totally different from what you want to discuss. Kindly refrain from “skyjacking” this thread by changing the subject matter being discussed herein. It is very impolite and invasive; it also creates confusion on which topic to address and how to discern between comments and recommendations.

Our Forums are open and free to all members for starting and cultivating their own, controlled threads. Please start your own, specific thread on the subject matter or topic of your choice. We members will visit and lend our experience and comments there.

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