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Flare systems: Major thrust points for stress

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Introduction:
Flaresystemisameansofsafedisposalofwastegases
byburningthemundercontrolledconditions.Flare
pipinggenerallycomprisesofPSVsoutletpiping,sub
headerpiping&mainheaderpiping.Designconditions
consideredforstressanalysisareasperP&IDs,linelist

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andspecificinformationrelatedtoflareifanyby
process.
Atypicalflaresystemconsistsof:

PSVoutletpipes,subheaderconnectedtomainflare
header,mainflareheaderconnectedtoknockout
drum,outletofflareknockoutdrumtoflarestack.

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Aknockoutdrumtoremoveandstorecondensable
andentrainedliquids.
Asingleormultipleburnerunitsandaflarestack.

Themajorthrustpointswhichastressengineershouldconsidercarefullyarelistedbelow:

FluidDensity:Fluiddensityhastobetakenfromlistlist(ProcessDepartment).Inabsenceofdata,1/3rdwater
filledweightcanbeassumedforCaesarinput.

TestMethod:Flarelinesarenormallypneumatictested.So,hydrotestweightisnotrequiredtobeconsidered.
Howeverinspecificcaseswaterfilledweighthastobeconsidered(CheckwithProcessdepartment).
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Supporting:FlarelinesarenormallyprovidedwithslopesasperProjectspecification.Sogeneralpracticeisto
supportwithShoe/saddlesupports.Supportingspantobemaintainedsuchthansustainedsaggingshouldnot
exceed35mm.Structurebelowpipesupport/shoeheightistobeplannedtomeetpipingsloping/freedraining
requirement.

SIF:Normalindustrypracticeistotake45degree/90degreebranchconnectionsfromFlareHeader:ProperSIF
(bothinplaneandoutplane)shouldbeincorporatedatbranchconnectionswhileenteringdataintoCaesarII.
SIFscanbecalculatedusingFeSIF,NozzlePro,orsomeothertypeofFEAsoftware.Sometimesreinforcement
mayberequiredtoreduceSIFvalue.

TemperatureGradient:Inaflaresystemsometimestemperaturegradientorprofilemayexistwhenthehot
contentsflowintothesubheader/mainheaderwhichisatalowertemperature(confirmationwithprocessif
required).
Flexibility:Pipingshallbeevaluatedforflexibility.Ifnecessaryexpansionloopsshallbeprovided.Expansion
jointstobeavoided.Flarepipingloopsareplannedinhorizontalplane(4Dbends)inordertoensurepipe
slope/freedrainingrequirement.Howevernoofloopsshouldbeminimisedasmuchaspossible.

Flarelineroutingandsupportingtobeplannedinsuchawaythatforcesandmomentsonflareknockoutdrum
nozzleconnectionsareminimized.
SometimesFlarelinemayconsistoftwophoaseflow.SoVibration/Accousticanalysisisrequiredtobeperformed
andsupportingtobestrengthened.

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