A study of the dynamic response of emergency shutdown valves following full bore rupture of gas pipelines

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 201-209

  Mahgerefteh, H ^a   Saha, P ^a   Economou, I G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Research Centre for Physical Sciences Demokritos   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; ESDV activation time; ESDV closure time; Pipeline rupture; Pressure oscillation; Pressure surge

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GAS PIPELINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BALL VALVE; CHECK VALVE; PIPELINE RUPTURE; PRESSURE OSCILLATION; PRESSURE SURGE;

SAFETY VALVES;

EID: 0031272082     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758297529039     Document Type: Article

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