EP2325561A3 - Monitoring flare stack pilot burners - Google Patents

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EP2325561A3
EP2325561A3 EP10251981A EP10251981A EP2325561A3 EP 2325561 A3 EP2325561 A3 EP 2325561A3 EP 10251981 A EP10251981 A EP 10251981A EP 10251981 A EP10251981 A EP 10251981A EP 2325561 A3 EP2325561 A3 EP 2325561A3
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duct
burner
sensor
flare stack
pilot burners
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Giuseppe Eriberto Cioria
Cesar Augusto Salani
Nigel Peter Webley
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Hamworthy Combustion Engineering Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
    • F23D14/46—Details, e.g. noise reduction means
    • F23D14/72—Safety devices, e.g. operative in case of failure of gas supply
    • F23D14/725—Protection against flame failure by using flame detection devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G7/00—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals
    • F23G7/06—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases
    • F23G7/08—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases using flares, e.g. in stacks
    • F23G7/085—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases using flares, e.g. in stacks in stacks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/003—Systems for controlling combustion using detectors sensitive to combustion gas properties

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Regulation And Control Of Combustion (AREA)

Abstract

A flare stack comprises an upwardly extending gas discharge duct 10 and a pilot burner 16 operative at an burner location near the open top end of the duct 10 to ignite gas discharged by way of the duct. Atmospheric samples from the burner location are delivered to a monitoring station 20 remote from the duct 10 and at ground level 12. A sensor at the monitoring station 20 is responsive to a parameter of the sample indicative of combustion at the burner location such as increased CO2 or NOx or decreased O2. An igniter is operatively associated with the sensor and arranged to light the pilot burner 16 automatically if the sensor does not detect said parameter in the sample.
EP10251981A 2009-11-23 2010-11-22 Monitoring flare stack pilot burners Withdrawn EP2325561A3 (en)

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GB0920457A GB2475541A (en) 2009-11-23 2009-11-23 Remote monitoring of combustion of flare stack pilot burners by sampling gasses from the burner

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EP2325561A3 true EP2325561A3 (en) 2012-09-26

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US20110207064A1 (en) 2011-08-25
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EP2325561A2 (en) 2011-05-25
BRPI1010448A2 (en) 2016-03-29

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