Flaresim

Flare Radiation Analysis

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Flaresim Overview
Used in the Design of Flare Systems for
¾ Offshore oil platforms
¾ Gas plants
¾ Refineries
¾ Chemical plants

Assist professional engineers to

¾ Evaluate thermal radiation & noise from flares
¾ Evaluate temperatures of exposed surfaces
¾ Evaluate flare gas dispersion

Flaresim can analyse complex flare systems

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Flaresim Overview
Improved user interface
¾ Redevelopment in .NET for long term Windows compatibility
¾ Program driven by menu & toolbar
¾ Data entry in a mixture of units
¾ Context sensitive help

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¾ Graphical
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¾ Standard format exports for further use (html, xls, csv)

Licensing is either standalone or network

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Flaresim Features
Global calculation options

Fluids, Environments, Stacks

Flare Tips
Receptor Points
Receptor Grids
Assist fluids
¾ User creates as many
instances of each as
required
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¾ Copy option for Fluids and

other objects

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Fluids
Defined from Properties - Composition

Component library with most common components

¾ User extendable

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Environments
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Wind Single direction or wind rose
Atmosphere Radiation and Noise Attenuation
Background Solar Radiation and Noise

Stacks
Orientation inclination and dimensions
Orientation,

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Tips
Selection of types
¾ Pipe – Sonic - Liquid burner - Combined HP/LP
Seal Types
¾ Fluidic - Molecular
Methods for F factor
¾ User defined – Natural Gas – Kent – Tan – Cook – High
Efficiency – Generic Pipe – Modified Chamberlain
Combustion noise methods
¾ Acoustic efficiency – Low Noise reference
¾ Standard reference – User reference
Location and dimension definition
References a Stack and a Fluid
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Receptor Points
Location

Properties
¾Emissivity - Absorbtivity
¾Area Ratio – Mass / Unit Area
Mass Cp
¾Mass p – In
Initial
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Define constraints for sizing

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¾Max R d
¾Max Noise
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¾MaxTemperature

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Radiation Calculation
8 methods to calculate incident radiation
Radiation at Radiation at the
Method Elements Stack Base Helideck

Strict API 1 6285 3476

Flaresim API 25 5123 2642

Point 25 4911 2480

Diffuse 25 4341 3062

Mixed 25 4690 2771

B
Brzustowski
ki 1 7374 3077

Multipoint Brzustowski 25 8066 3052

Chamberlain 1 7582 3581

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Noise Calculation
Two basic sources
¾ Combustion noise
¾ Jet noise

Each source has a frequency distribution

Overall noise is the combination of the sources

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Temperature Calculation
Exposed surface heat balance between

¾ The thermal radiation incident at the specified point

¾ Heat losses by radiation and convection

T
Temperature profile
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¾ Net heat received

¾ Heat capacity of the material at the specified point

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Calculation modes
System Rating
¾ Known stack length
¾ Calculated radiation, noise and temperature

Stack S
Sizing
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¾ Sizing to meet radiation, noise and temperature constraints
¾ Constraints defined at receptor points
¾ Minimum and maximum stack len length
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 Tip Results
¾ Gas exit velocity and Heat
release

¾ Stack and tip pressure drop

¾ Purge gas requirements

¾ Combustion products calculation

¾ Table & graphs of

Noise spectrum
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2D/3D flame shape
Tables & graphs (JPG, PNG, WMF, BMP or EMF)
can be exported individually

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Receptor Point Results

Thermal
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¾ Incident radiation

¾ Final temperature

¾ Temperature profile
• table and graphic

¾ Wind rose

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 Receptor Points Results
Noise results

¾ Total and Average value

¾ Frequency distribution

¾ Spectrum
• table and graphic

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Receptor Grids
Thermal results
¾ Radiation Isopleths
¾ Temperature Isopleths
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Noise results
¾ Average or A-weighted value Isopleths

Jet Dispersion
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¾ Concentration Isopleths

A plot overlay can be defined

¾ Multiple graphical formats (DXF, JPG, PNG, BMP, WMF)

A graphic report can be customised

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 Improved
p isopleth
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customisation

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 New option to export
tabular results as
Excel files

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Shields
Reduce the radiation at the receptor points

Types according to transmissivity:

¾ Solid

¾ Water
W t screen

¾ User defined

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 Shield Effects

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Gas Dispersion Calculation
Jet Dispersion Model
¾ Flame out conditions
¾ Prediction close to the flame
¾ Concentration
C i of f uncombusted
b d flammable
fl bl gas

Gaussian Gas Dispersion Model

¾ Uncombusted gas or combustion products
¾ Prediction at greater
reater distance from flare
¾ Concentration of uncombusted gas or pollutants

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 Jet Dispersion
Results

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 Gaussian
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Dispersion
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Concentration of methane at
ground level

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New capability for working on multiple cases

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Multiple report windows for results comparison

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References
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Engineering
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Aker Abu Dhabi Gas Airoil Flaregas
Bechtel Liquefaction
Argo Flare Services
Brown & Root BP Amoco
GBA
Chiyoda British Gas
Halliburton
Foster Wheeler QGPC
Fluor Daniel Occidental Hamworthy
Kvaerner John Brown Mobil Mactronic
M.W. Kellogg Total National Airoil
Snamprogetti Optima Solutions
Technip Samia srl
Worley

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FLARESIM
The standard for Flare Radiation analysis

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