A theory on the discharge coefficient for safety relief valve

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-313

  Leung, Joseph C ^a,b  

^a Leung Inc   (United States)

^b Fauske and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge coefficient; Orifice discharge; Safety relief valve sizing; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES;

DISCHARGE CCOEFFICIENT; GAS CCOEFICIENT; TWO-PHASE DISCHARGE;

LOSS PREVENTION;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT; FLASHING FLOW; TWO-PHASE FLOW; VALVE;

EID: 3543059459     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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