Dynamic Analysis of Hydraulic Pressure of Relief valve

AbstractPressure relief valve is one of the most important devices used on the security of pipelines, since it is responsible to guarantee the integrity of the installations. Generally, the response and behaviour of a relief valve during its transient is unknown by users, who employ simplified and static analysis to design the pipeline, further, the information provided by manufactures is limited. In this work, a numerical dynamic model of a spring load pressure relief valve was developed using the principles of conservation of mass and momentum in combination with solid dynamics equation. The valve discharge coefficient was numerically determined. The dynamic characteristics of the valve were examined with regard to the pressure set point, disc lift and spring parameters, during the transient discharge flow. In this work we have analysed direct spring operated pressure relief valves DPR 06 and DPR 10 by using Matlab SIMULINK.