Flaresim

Flare Radiation Analysis

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

Assist professional engineers to

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

Flaresim can analyse complex flare systems

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Flaresim Overview
A user friendly interface
Data entry in a mixture of units
Program driven by menu & toolbar
Context sensitive help

Flaresim output is highly customisable

Summary or detailed
l output
Graphical output where appropriate
Standard format exports
p 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
User creates as many
instances of each as
required
i d
Copy option for Fluids and
other objects

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Fluids
Defined from Properties - Composition

Component library with most common components

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 and dimensions

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

Properties
Emissivity - Absorbtivity
Area Ratio Mass / Unit Area
Mass Cp
Mass p In
Initial
t al Temperature
emperature

Define constraints for sizing

M Radiation
Max R d
Max Noise
p
MaxTemperature

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Radiation Calculation
8 methods to calculate incident radiation
Strict API
Flaresim API
Integrated Point Source
Integrated Diffuse Source
Integrated Mixed Source
Brzustowski
Multipoint Brzustowski
Chamberlain

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Noise Calculation
Two basic sources
Combustion noise
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

The thermal radiation incident at the specified point

Heat losses by radiation and convection

T
Temperature profile
fil

Net heat received

Heat capacity of the material at the specified point

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

Stack S
Sizing
z ng
Sizing to meet radiation, noise and temperature constraints
Constraints defined at receptor points
Minimum and maximum stack len length
th user defined

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 Tip Results
Gas exit velocity and Heat
release

Stack and tip

p pressure
p drop
p

Purge gas requirements

Combustion gas composition

Table & graphs of

Noise spectrum
2D/3D flame shape

Tables & graphs (JPG,

(JPG PNG,
PNG WMF,
WMF BMP or EMF)
can be exported individually

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Receptor Point Results

Thermal
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Incident radiation

Final temperature

Temperature profile
table and graphic

Wind rose

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 Receptor Points Results
Noise results

Total and Average value

Frequency distribution

Spectrum
table and graphic

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Receptor
p Grids
Defines a rectangular area with multiple receptors

Thermal results
Radiation Isopleths
Temperature Isopleths

Noise results
Average
A or A
A-weighted
i ht d value
l IsIsopleths
pl ths

A plot overlay can be defined

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

A graphical report can be customised

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 Receptor
Grid Results

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 Receptor
Grid Results

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Shields
Reduce the radiation at the receptor points

Types according to transmissivity:

Solid

Water
W t screen

User defined

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 Shield Effects

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

Gaussian Gas Dispersion Model

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

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 Jet Dispersion
Results

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 Gaussian
G i
Dispersion Results

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References
Over 100 companies worldwide are using
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Engineering
E i i Companies
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Flare System
S t Vendors
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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 reference in flare radiation analysis

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