Allows users to quickly and easily design safety systems that assess a runaway chemical reaction and to determine the best and safest relief-venting method
New software helps reduce the frequency and consequences of runaway reaction-generated accidents.
Fauske and Associates (FAI) announces the release of its latest Reactivity Management Software (RMS) for the design of relief systems and effluent control.
RMS, a Windows-based software program, allows users to quickly and easily design safety systems that assess a runaway chemical reaction and to determine the best and safest relief-venting method.
The design of emergency venting requirements for vapor, gassy and hybrid systems can be made based on the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (Diers) two-phase flow methodology and its extensions.
The RMS also includes a deflagration vent sizing module applicable to both low and high pressure venting consistent with latest NFPA-68 recommendations.
Other features of RMS include a user-friendly interface, benchmarking against actual data and the ability to perform sensitivity analyses.
The software's design methodology also fully complies with the US Occupational Safety and Health Agency's regulation OSHA-29 CFR 1910.119 PSM. "The design of methods and systems that help keep the process of reactive- chemistry safe by preventing accidents is an essential part of FAI's business," said Kris Fauske, FAI's vice-president of operations and chemical systems. "We are pleased to be able to offer our customers a new, cost-effective, software solution that can help them design emergency relief systems, fully compliant with current OSHA regulations."
