BREDA ENERGIA has over 60 years of experience in manufacturing reliable products for oil & gas production, transportation and distribution. Advanced solutions have been developed for several applications, among which HIPPS. A High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) is a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) designed to prevent an unsafe condition caused by pressure arising (e.g. due to separator outlet blocked in the choke valve downstream, blocked pipeline, etc).
A High Integrity Pressure Protection System is used as alternative pressure protection, as a full or partial replacement for adequately sized mechanical pressure relief devices (PSVs and/or rupture disks).
Type of valves used are typically:
- Ball valves
- Slab gate Valves
Applications
- Onshore Gas Pipelines
- Offshore and Onshore Gas Well Pipelines
- Offshore Subsea Applications
Main Components
- Initiators (sensors): To detect the high pressure
- Logic Solver: processes the input from the initiators and transmits an output to the final elements
- Final Elements: formed by two valves assembled in series, that provide the fast shut-down of the line
Main Advantages
- Negotiating the need for are systems to be sized for the case of a well failing to close
- Production piping down rating, giving potential cost benefits
- Fast inventory isolation within two seconds
- Huge capital cost savings
- No capital cost for relief system (PSV, flare, etc.)
- Compliance with environmental constraints against discharges
