Flare and Flarenet

Kianoosh Karimpour
Outline
„ Flare
Definition
Components
Design
„ Flarenet software
Software inputs
Flarenet modes
Common errors

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What is flare?
„ Despite safety precautions …
Equipment failures
Human error, and
External events, can sometimes lead to …

Increases in process pressures beyond safe levels, potentially resulting in …

OVERPRESSURE due to a RELIEF EVENTS

„ The Relief Events are …

External fire
Flow from high pressure source
Heat input from associated equipment
Pumps and compressors
Ambient heat transfer
Liquid expansion in pipes and surge

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Potential Lines of Defense

„ Inherently Safe Design

Low pressure process design
„ Inherently Safe Design simply can’t eliminate every pressure hazard
„ Passive Control
Overdesign of process equipment
„ Passive designs can be exceedingly expensive and cumbersome
„ Active Control
Install Relief Systems
„ Relief systems work
„ What is Relief System?
A Relief device and …
Associated lines and process equipment to safely handle the material
ejected

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The Relief System

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Relief Design Methodology
LOCATE
RELIEFS
CHOOSE
TYPE
DEVELOP
SCENARIOS
SIZE RELIEFS
(1 or 2 Phase)
CHOOSE
WORST CASE
DESIGN RELIEF
SYSTEM

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The FLARENET inputs …

„ Scenarios
„ Arrangements
Relief devices
„ Control valve
„ PSV
Pipes
„ Tail pipe
„ Sub-header
„ Header
Vessels
„ Knock out drum
„ Seal Drum …
Stack
„ Pressures

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Flarenet software
Pipe Stack

PSV Connector
Control Valve Tee Pipe

Orifice plate
Drum Flow Bleed

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Unit Operation
and
Arrangement

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Temperature violation and …

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MABP in Control valves and …
„ Changing the diameter of related pipe
„ Change the type of PSV or Control valve

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Mach Number

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Thank you for your attention

Discussions

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