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Sizing A Subsonic Flare Stack

This document provides calculations for sizing a subsonic flare stack, including: 1) Calculation of the flare tip diameter based on the mass flow rate of 45360 kg/h. 2) Calculation of the flame length as 50m based on the heat liberated of 630000 kW. 3) Calculation of flare stack height as 33.31704777m based on minimum distance from flame epicenter and grade distance.

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Sizing A Subsonic Flare Stack

This document provides calculations for sizing a subsonic flare stack, including: 1) Calculation of the flare tip diameter based on the mass flow rate of 45360 kg/h. 2) Calculation of the flame length as 50m based on the heat liberated of 630000 kW. 3) Calculation of flare stack height as 33.31704777m based on minimum distance from flame epicenter and grade distance.

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by S Choudhary

SIZING A SUBSONIC FLARE STACK


Project EIL Job No.
Client Location
Unit No. Tag No.
Item Name Qty
Prepared by
Reviewed by
Ref Code API 521 Fifth Edition Jan 2007 & Addendum, May 2008
Date
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

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