Surge Analysis Questions

Check whether he can do surge analysis Or not?

If is given for third party, what are all the things to be reviewed in the documents?

▪ Surge pressure should be limited with design pressure, Back pressure, velocities.

What are the scenarios for the surge occurrence?

▪ Sudden valve closure, pump trip, pigging, turn down, ramp up, start up. .

What are the possible recommendations to mitigate surge?

▪ SRV,
▪ Increase valve closure time,
▪ ESDV to trip the pump to not letting the surge to pass into the pipeline.

What is the difference between Surge relief valves and other relief valves?

Are the SRV reliable? What are other mitigation strategies?

How SRV works?

What difficulties he crossed while doing surge analysis?

What is the value addition done by the candidate in doing surge Analysis?

What are all the inputs required for pipeline hydraulics? SOW and RFQ? What vendors and how you
dealt with them?

What Re all the criteria to be followed……Like velocity 'n pressure drop. .

What is the pipeline roughness value for CS & SS?

What input requirement from other dept., especially from pipeline 'n piping. .

What is the impact of pipeline thickness and elevations in hydraulics?

How do to capture elevations in hydraulics ….. From which document you get the elevations. . ?

Ambient conditions like thermal values?

Jouskey Equation and its use (used by Pipe net)

General Process Questions

Process Units and brief descriptions and purpose

Typical control system, Split range Level cascades

PSV types and differences, selection criteria, typical pressures

Line sizing two Phase

Gravity line sizing

Erosion velocity

Pumps

MCF tapping point before or after NRV and why

How to tackle if not done in right place

NPSH

Negative suction mitigation strategies when the client does not accept it

▪ Only cost effective way is level increase

Type and selection of pumps

Sub-cooled and Saturated system impacts on suction pressure

Basis of design of centrifugal (on Head) and PD pumps (PSV setting)

Shutoff pressure calculations

NPSHR variation (varies by head or Flow) – Flow

Pump Suction 150 rating and discharge in 300 # how to select the piping ratings

In Flare drum VP =OP how to select the pump

Sep Sizing

General Sizing criteria (API 12J)

K-factors and density effects

Disengagement velocity
Terminal velocity

Nozzle sizing

Horizontal vertical Selection criteria

How Residence time is considered

Weir and Boot selection criteria

Weir placement

Surge and Holdup volume

Level Deciding criteria

Flare

Flare line slope and effects of change in the same

Header sizing criteria

Smoke Mitigation

KOD sizing criteria, Droplet criteria

Preliminary Back Pressure estimation

How to arrive at the governing case

Why and How to do staggered blowdown

Depressurization criteria, Emergency vs Normal

Flare Stack height deciding criteria

Why Depressurisation is done in oil and gas and not in Refinery or petrochemical in similar operating
and process conditions

J-T effect, liquid or gas line how to mitigate

Loquid

Tank

Inbreathing outbreathing
Control valve

Choked flow

What is CV definition and value significance

Fluid at 10 and 6 bars Mixing, the mixture is in saturated state Vapor Pressure changes

Compressor

Surge and Stone wall

Hot-bypass and anti-surge valve

Settle out pressure (Thumb –Rule)

Flow regimes

in vertical

Horizontal and How to avoid slug Plug

Heat exchanger