by S Choudhary

SIZING A SUBSONIC FLARE STACK

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Ref Code API 521 Fifth Edition Jan 2007 & Addendum, May 2008
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BASIC DATA
Mass Flow Rate qm kg/h 45360
Absolute Pr within flare tip, P2 kPa 101.3 Fig. 7 Flame Length Vs Heat Release
Average Molecular Mass M - 46.1
Flowing Temperature T K 422
Compressibility Factor Z - 1
Mach No. at flared tip Ma - 0.2
Heat of combustion kgJ/kg 50000
Wind Velocity u∞ m/s 8.9
Fraction of Heat radiated F 0.3
Fraction of radiated heat trans thru atm. τ 1
2
Maximum allowable radiation K kW/m 6.3
Grade Distance from CL of flare stack to point
being considered r m/s 45.7
Ration of specific heatts in the gas k 1.4
CALCULATION OF FLARE TIP DIAMETER
Flare tip inside diameter d m 0.4677577 Fig. 9 Approx. Flame Distortion due to lateral wind
CALCULATION OF FLAME LENGTH
Heat Liberated Q kW 630000
Flame Length ( from Fig 7 of API 521) L m 50
CALCULATION OF FLAME DISTORTION CAUSED BY WIND VELOCITY
Vapour Volumetric Flow rate qvap m3/s 9.463841148
Exit velocity at flare tip uj m/s 55.1005451
u∞/uj 0.161522903
From fig 9 of API 521 ∑∆y/L 0.36
From fig 9 of API 521 ∑∆x/L 0.85
∑∆y 18
∑∆x 42.5
CALCULATION OF FLARE STACK HEIGHT
Min. distance from the epicentre of the flame to
the object being considered D m 48.87264093
r' m 24.45
h' m 42.31704777
Overall Height of Stack h m 33.31704777
Fig C.1 Dimensional references for Flare stack
CALCULATION OF NOISE LIMIT
Speed of sound in the gas c m/s 326.486042
abs. Static Pr upstream of the Restriction psia 48
abs. Static Pr upstream of the Restriction psia 16
Pressure Ratio Pr 3
Noise Level from Fig 18 L dB 54
10*ln(0.5*qm*c2/3600) dB 76.28936831
Noise Level at 30 m L30 dB 130.2893683
Distance from the sound source (tip) r m 120
Sound Pressure at distance r Lp dB 102.5634811

CALCULATION OF GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATION

Specific Voume of Toxic Gas V Cuft/lb 12.03259803
Wt Discharge of Pollutant Component M TPD 1088.64
Vertical Diffusion Coefficient Dz 0.13
Horizontal Diffusion Coefficient Dy 0.13
Air Velocity at Grade mu mph 5
Stack Height H ft 109.3078995
Environmental Factor 0.25
Cocentration at Grade Cmax ppm 810.6250958
Dist from stack to the point of max concent. X m 2.865708405

CALCULATION OF AIR REQUIREMENT FOR SMOKELESS FLARING

Air Flow rate kgmole/hr 1712.34
Air Flow rate kg/hr 178768296
Efficiency of Blower 0.5
Power Rating of Blower kW 57.8085984

CALCULATION OF STEAM REQUIREMENT FOR SMOKELESS FLARING