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Dear All
I have a nitrogen blanketed storage tank rated to 60 mbarg. Breather valve is to be set at 20 mbarg and fire case relief hatch to 40 mbarg. There is also an overflow which will need a seal pot. If water is the seal, how deep should the overflow be submerged? My gut feeling is to set the head to 40>head<56, but does it really matter as long as normal breathing of the tank is unaffected?
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Vapour Seal On Overflow
Started by Guest_scorer_*, Sep 09 2004 07:31 AM
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Art Montemayor
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Posted 09 September 2004 - 12:43 PM
scorer:
I've done applications on storage tanks similar to and along these same lines. The logic employed centered on what is the prime purpose of the water seal pot. If, as you say, the seal pot is there for the purpose of furnishing over-fill protection then I agree with your statement that as long as normal breathing of the tank is unaffected it doesn't matter.
However, just to make things clear and have a full understanding let me add this: The water seal also affords a vacuum protection. So make sure that you account for this effect as well. I am assuming that you have accounted for all possible over-pressure and vacuum-producing conditions and that you can safely relieve either of the two worse cases. You seem to know what you are doing and what your scope entails, so I'll assume that you have already done a rigorous analysis of all tank pressure/vacuum scenarios.
Art Montemayor
Spring, TX
I've done applications on storage tanks similar to and along these same lines. The logic employed centered on what is the prime purpose of the water seal pot. If, as you say, the seal pot is there for the purpose of furnishing over-fill protection then I agree with your statement that as long as normal breathing of the tank is unaffected it doesn't matter.
However, just to make things clear and have a full understanding let me add this: The water seal also affords a vacuum protection. So make sure that you account for this effect as well. I am assuming that you have accounted for all possible over-pressure and vacuum-producing conditions and that you can safely relieve either of the two worse cases. You seem to know what you are doing and what your scope entails, so I'll assume that you have already done a rigorous analysis of all tank pressure/vacuum scenarios.
Art Montemayor
Spring, TX
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