dc.creator | Meiller, Paul Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-22T20:40:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-02-22T20:40:53Z | |
dc.date.created | 2000 | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-02-22 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-Fellows-Thesis-M451 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-34). | en |
dc.description.abstract | The proper sizing of safety relief valves is an important issue in chemical process safety. Many emergency relief scenarios require consideration of two-phase flow conditions. However, two-phase flow involves complex physics and is the subject of intensive on-going study. The objective of this research is to identify and verify simple yet accurate two-phase flow models which allow the design engineer to predict the mass flux of any given relief scenario. Two contemporary models were considered in this study: The Two-Phase-Homogenous-Equilibrium Model (TPHEM), proposed by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), and the Homogenous-Nonequilibrium Model proposed by Fauske. These models were evaluated against steam/water data (both sub-cooled and two-phase entrance) from Sozzi and Sutherland. This research allowed the determination of what conditions were. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | engineering. | en |
dc.subject | Major engineering. | en |
dc.title | Safety relief valve sizing: comparison of two-phase flow models to empirical data | en |
thesis.degree.department | engineering | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | engineering | en |
thesis.degree.name | Fellows Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |