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Ensuring equipment and piping are adequately protected from potential overpressure
Overpressure Evaluation
Required equipment pressure relief system assessment for overpressure protection
iPRSM® Software
Turnkey control and information monitoring system
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Data Requirements
Additional Services
Engineering and consulting services to customers operating in the Process industry.
iPRSM® Software
A culmination of best thinking from industry, science, engineering and academia

Deliverables

  • Meets OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 documentation guidelines
  • Equipment database including all relevant parameters
  • Repository includes all digital documents
  • P&ID documentation
  • ISO piping drawings - CAD drawings of all relief devices inlet/outlet piping
  • CAD drawings of all flare header systems
  • Original equipment data sheets, calculations, certifications
  • Identification of all relief contingencies for all devices
  • Quantification of required relief rates
  • Orifice area calculations for all relief devices
  • Inlet/Outlet piping loss calculations for all devices
  • Mechanical evaluation of applicable devices (noise level, reaction forces, acoustical vibration analysis)
  • Complete documentation package including all calculations, drawings, spec sheets, etc
  • Automatic updating of files according to changes in codes
  • Accessibility and standardization of enterprise wide users
  • Wide variety of HTML reports
iPRSM® Systems Monitoring Software

The final deliverable is a Web based software solution that enables monitoring of all systems components from a single screen, employing the speed and access of the World Wide Web. Online viewing of system components includes online access to the following:

  • Navigation through P& ID’s or System Sketches
    Users can navigate to any piece of equipment from a P&ID or system sketch.
  • Revision Control
    History is managed and archived.
  • Relief Load Calculations
    Systematic identification of all potential overpressure scenarios and relief load calculations are determined and associated with each piece of equipment.
  • Inlet/Outlet Pipe calculations
    Includes inlet pipe loss calculation, force and moment calculations, acoustical induction vibration calculations, and noise level calculations.
  • Two-phase flow calculations
    Two-phase relief calculations are based upon the Design Institute of Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) methodologies. The API Omega model has been standardized in iPRSM®. Equipment Libraries
    Supports an unlimited number of equipment and device types
  • Relief Valve -NB Redbook data
    Contains information from National Board pressure relief certification data.
  • Web Security
    iPRSM® uses the web standard secure transport protocols (SSL encryptions & HTTPS) identical to all major financial institutions and secure e-commerce sites. Combined with complete user access controls, iPRSM® assures proper transaction management for concurrent users.
  • Pipe Fitting Catalog
    Contains a comprehensive library of inlet and outlet pipe fittings.
  • Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
    iPRSM® application supports the LOPA simplified risk assessment methods.
Online Interface Functionality

  1. Physical Properties database
  2. "Smart" P & ID layouts
  3. "Protected systems" status at any plant

Online Interface Functionality
Asset Responsibilities Include:

  • Plants are comprised of units and equipment assigned to units
  • Units are comprised of protected systems
  • Protected Systems are comprised of linked pieces of equipment
  • Equipment provides protection, requires protection, or neither; equipment has fittings: inlet/outlet
  • Overpressure contingencies are assigned to protected systems
  • Associated documents are linked to equipment
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