A flare system is installed for the enhancement of process safety, and the stable combustion is one of the most important elements. The main function of the flare system is the combustion of the flammable or toxic materials into non-hazardous materials, but combustion heat is released from a flare system. In this study, the effect of the external and internal steam injections in the flare stack on the reduction of the thermal radiation was investigated. The ignition possibility by the change of steam amount and the effect of the steam on the thermal radiation were also analyzed by using consequence analysis software. In case of thermal emission of oil refinery plants through improved steam injection, the injection of 120% steam rather than the conventional method enabled the reduction of the flare stack height. It could reduce the height of flare stack by 20%. 相似文献
Industrial Flares are important safety devices to burn off the unwanted gas during process startup, shutdown, or upset. However, flaring, especially the associated smoke, is a symbol of emissions from refineries, oil gas fields, and chemical processing plants. How to simultaneously achieve high combustion efficiency (CE) and low soot emission is an important issue. Soot emissions are influenced by many factors. Flare operators tend to over-steam or over-air to suppress smoke, which results in low CE. How to achieve optimal flare performance remains a question to the industry and the regulatory agencies. In this paper, regulations in the US regarding flaring were reviewed. In order to determine the optimal operating window for the flare, different combustion mechanisms related to soot emissions were summarized. A new combustion mechanism (Vsoot) for predicting soot emissions was developed and validated against experimental data. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models combined with Vsoot combustion mechanism were developed to simulate the flaring events. It was observed that simulation results agree well with experimental data.