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    API and ASME standards have different scopes for pressure safety valves (PSV). API provides a formula to calculate the required PSV area, while ASME provides certification criteria. For ASME certification, the API formula uses a discharge coefficient multiplied by 0.9, resulting in a larger required area. Therefore, PSVs with an ASME stamp have a larger orifice area than ones calculated using the API formula alone.

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    API and ASME standards have different scopes for pressure safety valves (PSV). API provides a formula to calculate the required PSV area, while ASME provides certification criteria. For ASME certification, the API formula uses a discharge coefficient multiplied by 0.9, resulting in a larger required area. Therefore, PSVs with an ASME stamp have a larger orifice area than ones calculated using the API formula alone.

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    API and ASME standards have different scopes for pressure safety valves (PSV). API provides a formula to calculate the required PSV area, while ASME provides certification criteria. For ASME certification, the API formula uses a discharge coefficient multiplied by 0.9, resulting in a larger required area. Therefore, PSVs with an ASME stamp have a larger orifice area than ones calculated using the API formula alone.

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    Oil and Gas Engineering: The Difference Between API and ASME Pressure Safety Valve...

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    The Difference Between API and ASME Pressure Safety


    Valve (PSV)
    In the vendor data sheet, calculation sheet, and or catalogue of the PSV, it was stated two different terms
    which is API and ASME PSV that usually makes confusion to a young engineer. Some times it is stated as API
    area, ASME area, actual area, etc. So actually what is the difference between this API and ASME pressure
    safety valve (PSV)?

    To answer this question, first of all we need to clearly understand that only API standard has a specific
    formula to calculate the required area of the PSV, while ASME standard doesnt have such formula. But in
    world wide oil & gas application, the PSV usually required to be stamped with UV mark which is an ASME
    certification for the PSV. There is a PSV certification based on ASME because this standard has a certain
    criteria to certify the PSV. So based on this understanding, API standard scope is to calculate while ASME
    standard scope is to certify.
    The Difference
    In ASME BPVC VIII Section I it was mentioned that the coefficient of discharge (Kd) on API formula shall be
    multiplied by 0.9. The required orifice area in the PSV calculation formula is inversely proportional to the
    coefficient of discharge. It means that smaller the coefficient of discharge, larger the required orifice area. So
    by multiply the coefficient of discharge on API formula by 0.9, it will make the coefficient of discharge become
    smaller than before. This smaller coefficient makes the required orifice area larger than the PSV that
    calculated using an API Kd. Thus the PSV that required having a UV stamp on it (ASME certification) always
    has larger orifice area than the required orifice area calculated by API formula.
    List of API orifice size and its ASME area and API area
    Orifice

    ASME in2

    API in2

    0.273

    0.196

    D
    F

    G
    H
    J

    K
    L

    M
    N
    P

    Q
    R
    T

    0.134
    0.373
    0.589
    0.881
    1.457
    2.097
    3.284
    4.093
    4.987
    7.215

    12.910
    17.810
    28.870

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    0.110
    0.307
    0.503
    0.785
    1.287
    1.838
    2.853
    3.600
    4.340
    6.380

    11.050
    16.000
    26.000

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    Thank you for your posting~

    But, can I know the difference between AD 2000, API 520, ISO 4126 and ASME
    BPVC VIII?
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    Hi,
    Thanks for the great details about valve, i have bookmarked your blog for the future
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