Di conducta

Di stack
Vit gaz pt purja prin conducta
Vit gaz purja prin stack
Q gaz
Di stack
k N2
Q gaz
y
Q gaz

D
y
O2
Ci
Ki
Q

v=Q/A
D
A
v
v
Q

200 mm
200 mm
0.008 m/s
0.008 m/s
0.904 m/h
21.70368 m/zi
0.2 m
1.707
0.20 Nm3/h
4.88 Nm3/zi
3m
0.8 Nm3/day
19.7 Nm3/day

250 mm
0.25 m
8m
6%
0.94 methan
2.328
0.549652 Nm3/h

200 mm
0.2 m
0.031416 m2
0.00486
0.02 m/s
2.261947 Nm3/h

se modifica in functie de caz

nitrogen si 7,62m coloana gaz

methan si 8m coloana gaz

resulting from velocity!

28.8 m/h

Purge gas calculation according to API 521, pages 125-126

Equation 46 (SI units):

Q= ???
D= 0.2
y= 7.62
O 2= 6

purge gas rate (Nm3/h)

flare stack diameter (m)
column depth at which the oxygen concentration is predicted

K1= 2.328

volume fraction of component 1 (methane)

C1 = 0

constant for component 1 (methane)

K2= -1.067

volume fraction of component 2 (ethane)

C2 = 0

constant for component 2 (ethane)

K3= -2.651

volume fraction of component 3 (propane)

C3 = 0

constant for component 3 (propane)

oxygen volume fraction (percentage)

K4+= -6.586

volume fraction of component 4 (C4+)

C4+= 0

constant for component 4 (C4+)

KN2= 1.707

volume fraction of component 5 (N2, wind)

N2= 1

constant for component 5 (N2)

KCO2= -2.651

volume fraction of component 6 (CO2)

CO2= 0
Verificare
Csum= 1
Q=
V=

constant for component 6 (CO2)

always must be 1!
0.204 Nm3/h
4.885 Nm3/d
1.80 mm/s
gas velocity

Or the simplified equation:

Equation 48 (SI units):
where K= 1.707
Q=
V=

calculated as before as sum of all components

0.204 Nm3/h
4.885 Nm3/d
1.80 mm/s
gas velocity

Or taking velocity from Shell, DEP 80.45.10.10, Appendix 9 (see below):

for N2 (MW=28) and Dstack=200mm rezults purge gas velocity approx. 3 mm/s
Considering V=
3 mm/s
gas velocity
Results Q=
0.34 Nm3/h
8.139 Nm3/d
Cells in green to be completed!
Cells in yellow are the results

pages 125-126

n concentration is predicted (m)

methane)

components