Workshop A
Understanding New International Standards
Venting of Atmospheric & Low pressure Storage Tanks
Workshop Leaders: Dr.-Ing. Michael Davies, CEO, Protego USA & Dipl.-Ing. Axel Sommer, European Sales Director, Protego
08.30: Registration & Welcome Refreshments
09.00: Background & development of the ISO 28300 standards
- What changed in ISO 28300 compared to API 2000, 5th Edition 1998
- Why new calculation methods for determining normal venting requirements
- Why conservation vents do not function as flame arresters
09.45: Determination of normal & emergency venting requirements
- Understanding the thermodynamics of normal venting requirements
- Calculation of maximum flow rates for normal out breathing & normal inbreathing
- Considering reduction factors for tanks with insulation for normal venting
- Comparison of calculation results between ISO 28300 & API 2000, Edition 5 for normal venting
- Emergency venting calculations
- PROTEGO® sizing program & selection of vents
10.30: Tea/Coffee Break
11.00: Guidance for inert-gas blanketing of tanks for flashback protection (ANNEX F from ISO 28300) & practical protection methods & application examples for flame arresters
- How to determine inert-gas blanketing rates (level 1, 2 & 3)
- How to set the blanketing valve, conservation vent & emergency relief valve to avoid blanketing gas losses
- Protecting the Filling & Outbreathing Line of a Tank
- Protecting the In- & Outbreathing Line of a Tank
- Protecting Tanks from flares, incinerator & vapour recovery unit flashbacks
12.00: Questions & Answers/Closing remarks
Braunschweiger Flammenfilter GmbH is a medium-sized company designing mechanical safety equipment with more than 300 employees at several locations worldwide. Safety devices & tank equipment are manufactured & distributed under the brand name PROTEGO®. In its special field the company is a global leader in technology. Under the brand PROTEGO® the company provide outstanding consultancy & service for its customers worldwide. They trust in the products which serve industrial process engineering, the petroleum, the chemical, the pharmaceutical industry & the bio-energy sector. The company’s customers rely on the high standard of development & quality of Braunschweiger Flammenfilter GmbH.
