Dole, R.
L&T-Chiyoda Ltd., Vadodara, India
is a process engineering manager with L&T-Chiyoda Ltd. in India. He has over 18 years of experience in process design for oil and gas, refineries and petrochemical facilities. He holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Mumbai University in Mumbai, India. Mr. Dole is also a registered chartered engineer in the UK and a member of IChemE (UK) and IIChE.
Heat exchanger tubes tend to vibrate when influenced by crossflow velocities.
Emergency depressurization is a safety provision designed to release gas from a high-pressure system during emergency situations, such as a fire. An overview of cold depressurization is provided, including factors affecting the temperature profiles and critical factors considered while performing the study.
Emergency depressurization is one of the most important design provisions for safeguarding facilities in case of an emergency. To overcome limitations of flare system capacity during such a scenario, depressurization can be practiced in a sequential manner. Presented here are the criteria and calculation methods for designing sequential depressurization, along with guidelines for the implementation of recommended designs.