Overpressure events can cause equipment damage, loss of containment, and costly shutdowns. Equity Engineering’s internationally recognized process technology experts optimize pressure relief systems (PRSs) through revalidation audits, tube rupture credibility assessments (TRCAs), and heat exchanger threat assessments. We also help tank and terminal operators meet SB 900 deadlines through fully integrated API 653 inspections, mechanical integrity documentation, and emissions compliance services.
Process Engineering Support Focusing on Pressure Relief
Do Your Pressure Relief System Installations Meet PSM Requirements?
Properly functioning relief systems are essential for protecting plant personnel and equipment from unexpected overpressure events which may result in equipment damage, loss of containment, or environmental damage, and also cause costly plant shutdowns or non-compliance fines.
Equity’s process technology team can provide process engineering support using process simulation tools, particularly as it relates to pressure relief system (PRS) design. For mechanical integrity programs, pressure relief valves (PRVs) should be inspected upon installation and at frequencies sufficient to maintain reliability. By maintaining safety critical pressure relieving systems and developing practical mitigation solutions, you will meet risk management targets, compliance requirements, and business objectives.
At Equity, our team of internationally recognized experts in PRS design, optimization, and installation will assess and evaluate new or existing systems to provide practical recommendations to maximize reliability and profitability.
Learn More About Process Technology from Equity’s Experts
- Improve operational safety
- Decrease risk of failure
- Meet compliance requirements
- Develop practical risk mitigation solutions
Pressure Relief & Process Technology Consulting Service Areas
Pressure Relief System Revalidation
Review pressure relieving system (PRS) documentation to objectively remove unnecessary conservativism to save money on large capital projects or equipment repairs. This step is instrumental in meeting or exceeding the latest codes and standards requirements.
PRS Gap Assessment & QA/QC Audits
Gap assessment of relief system documentation may identify improvement areas to meet PSM regulations. Our knowledge of the API standards helps by eliminating unnecessary and costly field modifications to address identified deficiencies.
Process Simulation
Model changes to process or operations, troubleshoot issues in a process, model pressure relieving systems, or create heat and material balances. Process simulations help ensure changes are cost-effective, safe, and reliable.
Tube Rupture Credibility Assessments (TRCAs)
Dynamic assessment of the potential for a tube rupture scenario in a heat exchanger and identification of the requirements for pressure relief protection. TRCAs provide insights about the conditions that could lead to a full-bore tube rupture within shell-and-tube heat exchangers.
Heat Exchanger Threat Assessment
Proven methodology to help you proactively develop short- and long-term maintenance strategies to provide practical, actionable, and cost-effective recommendations for maintaining the effectiveness of offshore PRVs and heat exchangers.
Inlet Pressure Drop: The 3% Rule
Determination of which PRV installations will require costly modifications and which ones can be mitigated by future analysis to save time and money.
Process Engineering for Tanks & Terminals
By September 2027, approximately 36,000 aboveground storage tanks across Texas must register and comply with the new Aboveground Storage Vessel Safety Program (SB 900). Equity Engineering combines process engineering, process safety management (PSM) expertise, and emissions compliance capability to deliver PE-stamped documentation that complies with the SB 900 regulation.
