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Burgess, J.

Smith and Burgess LLC, Houston, Texas

Improve relief-device sizing under supercritical conditions

Smith & Burgess LLC: Smith, D.
Smith and Burgess LLC: Burgess, J.

Properly sized relief devices under supercritical conditions are vital to processing natural gas and gas condensates into olefins. These processes operate near the critical locus of the process gases ..

Relief valve and flare action items: What plant engineers should know

Smith & Burgess LLC: Smith, D.
Smith and Burgess LLC: Burgess, J.

This article can help the plant engineer review the concerns developed by the design engineer. Implementing field modifications without performing such a review is costly and exposes a facility to unjustified risks.

Relief device inlet piping: Beyond the 3 percent rule

Smith & Burgess LLC: Smith, D.
Smith and Burgess LLC: Burgess, J.
Smith and Burgess: Powers, C.

With careful consideration, an engineer can be certain that an installation will not chatter

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