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Pressure Relief Valves (polykin.flow.prv)¤

Overview¤

This module implements preliminary sizing methods for pressure relief devices — valves or rupture disks — according to the API standard 520.

Inlet Mixture Single-phase Flow Two-phase Flow
Subcooled liquid area_relief_liquid area_relief_2phase_subcooled
Saturated liquid area_relief_2phase_subcooled, area_relief_2phase
Liquid + Vapor area_relief_2phase
Saturated vapor area_relief_2phase
Superheated vapor / gas area_relief_gas area_relief_2phase