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UniSim® PRS
Product Information Note
Your preferred process simulation suite now includes a pressure relief system design tool.

The Challenge
A properly sized and rated pressure relief system is one of the most important
aspects for safe operation in plant assets in the process industries. In an
emergency situation, such as power failure, cooling water failure, or fire in a
plant, people’s lives and millions of dollars’ worth of assets could be
destroyed if the pressure relief system is not properly designed.

The Solution – UniSim® PRS

UniSim® PRS (Pressure relief system) is a standalone tool for the sizing,
rating and validation of relief devices and surrounding pipes. Originally
developed by Honeywell UOP, it has been used to validate and certify all the
Figure 1. Process Protection Layers – Pressure Relief System
Honeywell UOP plant assets, over the past few years. It is now is a critical layer.
commercialized under the UniSim® Design Suite and licensed under the
Honeywell’s Unified License Manager (ULM). Plant assets in the process industries are equipped
with various layers of protection, to ensure the
safety of life and equipment assets. The pressure
The Benefits
relief system, which constitutes the ultimate layer of
Accuracy of Prediction and Reduced Engineering Cost protection for process equipment, is set-off in the
UniSim® PRS has been extensively validated with proprietary data and has event of an abnormal process condition and only if
been used for the certification of all the plant assets of Honeywell UOP. the protection layers below it have failed.
Accuracy of prediction translates to accuracy in design, which ensures safety
Once installed, the pressure relief systems are
and at the same time minimizes CAPEX (increases profitability) for new or rarely tested. This is mainly due to the
revamp projects. environmental & economic impact of testing such
systems; it is also not a requirement due to the
Plant Lifecycle Validation & Certification presence of the other protection layers and the
testing of the individual components of the pressure
UniSim® PRS allows for existing design validation and certification of
relief systems. So, it is imperative to get the process
pressure relief systems for plant assets. It also minimizes the effort for future
design for the pressure relief systems right.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

Easy-to-Use Tool Proven Technology User-Centric Increased Efficiency Lower CAPEX

 Standalone tool. UniSim PRS technology is: Leveraging in-house Through elimination of Through design
process, control and manual data entry and optimization with:
 Sizing, rating and  Accurate.
software development automation of:
validation fields enabled  Incorporated industry
 Fast. expertise, we bring to
depending on scenario.  Engineering workflow standards.
 Robust. market features:
between tools.
 Intuitive workflow.  Sizing, rating, and
 Proven – used for the  Developed with users.
 Engineering validation calculations.
 Checks for compliance. validation / certification  For the users. documentation
 Accuracy of prediction.
 Provides guided of thousands of relief generation capabilities.
 Adopting best practices
assistance for rating. devices.  Validation with
& workflows  Export of multiple
proprietary data.
 Generates reports &  MOC tool for revalidation recommended by the scenario / multiple relief
datasheets. & recertification of plant users. device results into MS  Embedded engineering
assets. excel. utilities.
re-validations and re-certifications of pressure UniSim® PRS allows for the
relief systems under MOC. sizing, rating and validation
of pressure relief devices
Easier to Outsource Engineering Work and inlet/outlet pipes. It
incorporates overpressure
Wrapped with UniSim Thermo, UniSim® PRS runs
protection industry
as a standalone tool, by only reading specific standards and features that
UniSim Design export files. This is particularly increase engineering
useful for maintaining project control and effectiveness. Its accuracy
compliance to standards, particularly when is proven: it has been used
for the validation and
outsourcing pressure relief system process design
certification of thousands of
work to specialist engineering companies. The relief devices across all
specialist 3rd parties in turn benefit from a more Figure 2. Sizing a PSV for a blocked vessel scenario using the
Honeywell UOP plant
UniSim® PRS tool.
contained engineering tool investment, as they assets.
only need the UniSim PRS tool to complete the Supported Relief Devices & Piping
pressure relief system engineering work. Supports the following relief devices (and
surrounding pipes):
Increased Engineering Effectiveness  Pressure Relief Valves (PRVs)
The UniSim® PRS enables process design users  Rupture Disks (RDs)
to carry out their tasks more efficiently, through the
unique features of compliance checking, guided for gas, liquid or mixed phase fluids (with or
assistance for rating, and embedded manufacturer without partial disengagement). It also supports
model database; through report and datasheet multiple devices and multi-diameter pipes.
generation capabilities; and through workflow
Performance
integration with UniSim Flare. In addition, UniSim
Solves simultaneously the relief device and piping
PRS simultaneously solves the relief device and
piping calculations, which makes it faster to calculations, so cases converge fast.

converge.
Guided Assistance
Runs checks for compliance with industry
The Features standards and provides guided assistance for
UniSim® PRS has the following features: rating, to get the design right the first time.

Compliance with industry standards Documentation Generation

Follows the API/NFPA/ASME code requirements Generates engineering documentation, such as:
for pressure vessels and storage tanks:  comprehensive reports per scenario
 American Petroleum Institute (API)  relief device datasheets
520, 521, 526, 620, 650, 2000  multiple scenario/relief device result
 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code export to MS excel
Section I and Section VIII, Division I
Integrated Fluid Properties
 ISO 4126
Is wrapped with UniSim Thermo, which makes it a
 NFPA 30
standalone tool, compatible with UniSim Design
and CGA code requirements for portable and UniSim Flare.
containers:
 CGA S-1.2 Embedded Engineering Utilities
It includes the following useful engineering utilities:
API sizing scenarios  Crane K Loss calculator (pipe fitting)
Allows API Sizing for:  Vendor Capacity Calculator (area & Kd)
 External Fire  PRV Manufacturer Database
 Blocked Outlet
 Flow Known
 Tube Failure
 Storage Tank Vent (non-fire)
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UniSim® Design Suite UniSim Design Suite Support Services
Honeywell’s UniSim Design Suite, is part of the UniSim software family of This product comes with worldwide, premium
online and off-line process design and optimization applications. Giving support services through our Benefits
users the power to determine process workflows, equipment sizing and Guardianship Program (BGP). BGP is designed to
rating requirements, UniSim solutions help you capture and share process help our customers improve and extend the usage
knowledge, improve plant profitability and maximize returns on investments of their applications and the benefits they deliver,
in simulation technology. ultimately maintaining and safeguarding their
advanced applications.
UniSim Design Suite offers:
Honeywell provides a complete portfolio of service
 An integrated steady-state and dynamics environment to easily re- offerings to extend the life of your plant and
use, update and transition the process models throughout a project provide a cost-effective path forward to the latest
or plant asset lifecycle. application technology. Honeywell services
 A user-friendly interface which helps engineers to easily access include:
and visualize the process information and identify trends.
 Built-in industry standards that minimize the need for literature  Standard and Customized Training
search when sizing and rating equipment.  Consulting
 Integration with 3rd party specialty technologies which allow for the  Model Building
best technical solution for process simulation.  Engineering Studies
 Interfacing capabilities with process historians, DCS & safety  Custom Thermo/Unit Operations
systems, and other advanced applications that maximize the
benefits for green-field, brown-field and revamp projects.

For More Information

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