WO1996012142A1 - Method, apparatus and ignition device for ignition of inflammable gases from a flare on e.g. a flame tower - Google Patents
Method, apparatus and ignition device for ignition of inflammable gases from a flare on e.g. a flame tower Download PDFInfo
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- WO1996012142A1 WO1996012142A1 PCT/NO1995/000183 NO9500183W WO9612142A1 WO 1996012142 A1 WO1996012142 A1 WO 1996012142A1 NO 9500183 W NO9500183 W NO 9500183W WO 9612142 A1 WO9612142 A1 WO 9612142A1
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- 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
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
- F23Q13/00—Igniters not otherwise provided for
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- the present invention relates to a method, an apparatus and an ignition device for igniting combustible gases, for example from a flare of a flare tower, where an ignition device is launched in a direction toward a region of com ⁇ bustible gas.
- One technique is a so-called point ignition system, where the gas is ignited only at one point. This can be achieved by means of, for example, a match, a !5 pilot burner or a flame front generator.
- a prerequisite for point ignition is that the gas at the point of ignition has a concentration between the lower and the upper detonation line.
- the other technique is a so-called volume ignition system, where ignition occurs through sparks being scattered
- the Norwegian Patent Application No. 932017 teaches a method 5 for the ignition of combustible gas emitted through a flare in a flare tower.
- the ignition device is in the form of a projectile which is fired in a path in the direction toward the gas outlet.
- the ignition device strikes an impact plate which is mounted at the location of the gas outlet, whereby ° the ignition device undergoes a reaction and brings a flow of incandescent particles into the gas flow, which is ignited thereby.
- the ignition device is detonataed by impact.
- This method is encumbered with a number of inconveniences, inter alia, the fact that the equipment used is excessively 5 complicated.
- the ignition device is fired by means of very high propulsion gas pressure in the form of a gas pulse, having a pressure at a magnitude of 260-300 bar.
- the manner in which the ignition device is fired makes it impossible to stop the ignition device after it is launched, nor is it possible to return the ignition device to the launching means.
- This prior art solution makes use of a so-called protective tube having a clearance between the ignition pellet (the projectile) and the bore. All the energy for the pellet is supplied before it enters the protective tube (i.e., a normal shot at high pressure).
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method, an apparatus and an ignition pellet for igniting gases in a flare tower and avoid the disadvantages described above.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a device for igniting gases, where the ignition pellet is not launched by high pressure but is guided out of a launching tube which has a continuous supply of propulsion gas.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a programmable ignition pellet, which may be stopped after it has been set in motion and which may be returned to the launching means.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an ignition pellet which is activated during its movement from the launching means to the flare by means of an electrical or mechanical device which initiates/activates the ignition pellet.
- That which is particularly achieved by the present invention in relation to the known solution is a controlled and lower speed of the ignition pellet.
- This entails that the required safety zone surrounding the device can be smaller, and this will also mean that the danger to possible helicopter traffic near the flare tower will be reduced.
- the present invention will entail far lower investment costs, inter alia because there is only one pressure level for the propulsion gas system and standard components may be more widely used than in the known solution.
- the present invention is also more flexible than the known solution by being adaptable to all types of flares.
- a method for the ignition of gases in a flare tower or flare where an ignition device is launched in a direction toward a region of a combustible gas, which method according to the invention is characterized in that the ignition device is propelled by means of a pressure medium through a guidance tube to said gas cloud region, that the ignition device undergoes a reaction for the purpose of active ignition of the gas in said region, the time for its activation and reaction being predetermined and adapted to the particular flare and application.
- the ignition device undergoes a reaction in the form of a shower or cloud of sparks, where at least parts of the shower of sparks will strike the cloud of gas.
- the ignition device is activated somewhere along its path through the tube, possibly at the moment when the ignition device leaves the tube, possibly when the ignition device starts its Journey through the tube, or possibly by the fact that the ignition device strikes an object (impact plate) in the vicinity of the flare.
- the ignition device may optionally be positioned within a trapping device prior to the reaction of the ignition device.
- the ignition device may be propelled through the guidance tube at a moderate speed, it may optionally be stopped during its passage through the tube, and it may optionally be reversed and returned back into the guidance tube without a reaction taking place.
- the invention also comprises an apparatus for the use of igniting gases in a flare tower or flare by means of an ignition device which is brought toward a region in or near a cloud of gas and which is characterized by a guidance tube and a supply of a pressure medium, where the ignition device is adapted for propulsion through the guidance tube by means of the pressure medium for the purpose of bringing the ignition device close to the cloud of gas for a reaction near or within the cloud of gas.
- the apparatus comprises a feeding unit, a control device and, optionally, a magazine for the ignition device.
- an ignition initiator is mounted somewhere along the guidance tube so as to initiate/activate the ignition device which, after a time delay, undergoes a reaction outside the tube, in or near the cloud of gas.
- the apparatus comprises a trapping device for the ignition device after it has left the tube.
- the invention also comprises an ignition device for use with the apparatus, said device being characterized in that it is in the form of an ignition pellet which is electrically or mechanically activated, said ignition pellet having a built—in delay prior to its reaction, the time for its activation and delay being predetermined and adapted to the particular flare and application.
- Figure 1 shows a flare having an apparatus for the ignition of gas according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic view of a feeding unit and launching means according to the present invention.
- Figure 3 shows an embodiment of the upper end of the apparatus according to the present invention.
- Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the upper end of the apparatus according to the present invention.
- Figure 5 shows an embodiment of a activator/electric initiator according to the present invention.
- Figure 6 shows an embodiment of an electric ignition pellet according to the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is shown the principle of igniting a gas flow 1 at a flare 2 at the end of a flare tower 3.
- An ignition pellet 4 is collected from a supply (for example a magazine), is loaded into a launching means 5, is ejected by means of a so-called pneumatic post system through a guidance tube 6, undergoes a reaction at the end of the flare 2 and forms a cloud of sparks which ignite the gas flow 1 at the flare 2.
- the ignition pellet 4 is conducted through the guidance tube
- the launching means 5 comprises a feeding unit
- the launching means 5 is connected to the guidance tube 6 by means of a valve 9.
- the guidance tube 6 is connected with a propulsion gas supply 12 by means of a valve 10 and a reservoir tank 11.
- the launching means 5 is also connected with a control system 14. If the apparatus is to be used with electrically or mechanically activatable ignition pellets 4, a mechanical or electric initiator 13 is mounted on the guidance tube 6. The purpose of this initiator 13 will be described in more detail later.
- the ignition takes place by an ignition pellet 4 being collected from the magazine 8 and loaded into the launching means 5.
- the ignition pellet 4 From the launching means 5 the ignition pellet 4 will be ejected by means of a propulsion gas, for example pressurized air, having a pressure in the magnitude of 0-20 bar, and propelled further into a tube system 6. After the ignition pellet has left the launching means 5, the latter will be closed off because the valve 9 closes. Additional propulsion gas is supplied by the valve 10 opening and admitting propulsion gas, for example pressurized air, into the tube 6 behind the ignition pellet 4.
- the valve 10 is connected to a propulsion gas supply 12 which optionally is connected with a propulsion gas tank 11.
- the ignition pellet 4 will thereafter be pressed forward through the tube system 6 in accordance with the pneumatic post principle. The movement of the ignition pellet 4 in the tube 6 may be stopped, and the ignition pellet 4 may optionally be brought back to the launching means 5 by means of negative pressure.
- the ignition pellet 4 may be either electrically or mechani ⁇ cally activated. When electrically activatable ignition pellets 4 are used, these will pass an activator unit 13 consisting, for example, of two contact pieces. Here an electric impulse is applied to the ignition pellet and an electric igniter will start. This is shown in Figures 2, 5 and 6.
- the ignition pellet 4 may, for example, be designed with an exterior casing 15 and a guide strip 16 which will bear against the tube 6, preventing the propulsion gas to leak past the ignition pellet 4. This is shown on the left side of Figure 6.
- the exterior casing 15 may be a conductor carrying current and be connected with an igniter 18 inside the ignition pellet. This is shown on the right side of Figure 6.
- the interior of the ignition pellet 4 consists of a fire charge 17, an igniter 18 and a spark-forming medium 19.
- the igniter 18 may be preprogrammed to go off after a certain period of time.
- the activator unit 13 is unnecessary.
- the pellet 4 will be activated by the removal of the safety device.
- the ignition pellet 4 is thereafter sent into the guidance tube 6.
- the ignition pellet is programmed for a time delay and may go undergo its reaction either in the middle of the gas cloud or in a basket.
- FIGs 3 and 4 Two different ways in which the reaction of the ignition pellet 4 may occur are shown in Figures 3 and 4, one possibility, as shown in Figure 3, being that the ignition pellet 4 continues in a free path into the cloud of gas 1 after it has left the guidance tube 6.
- the ignition pellet 4 is programmed so that it undergoes a reaction when it is in the middle of the gas cloud 1.
- the other possibility is that the ignition pellet 4 lands in a basket after it has left the guidance tube 6, as shown in Figure 4.
- the pellet will then remain in the basket 20 until its reaction.
- This solution demands less precision with respect to the time of ignition.
- the basket 20 is formed so that the sparks will be dispersed in the most favorable area with respect to the ignition of the gas cloud 1.
- the present invention may also make use of ordinary ignition pellets 4, the reaction of which occurs by impact.
- a tube having a length of about 100 m, and a propulsion gas having a low pressure in the magnitude of 10 - 20 bar. Since the ignition pellets 4 react by impact, an impact plate (not shown) must be mounted at the outlet of the guidance tube 6.
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- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Feeding, Discharge, Calcimining, Fusing, And Gas-Generation Devices (AREA)
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GB9705751A GB2307733B (en) | 1994-10-12 | 1995-10-09 | Method, apparatus and ignition device for ignition of inflammable gases from a flare on E.G. A flame tower |
US08/817,567 US5964586A (en) | 1994-10-12 | 1995-10-09 | Method, apparatus, and ignition device for ignition of inflammable gases from a flare on a flame tower |
AU37115/95A AU3711595A (en) | 1994-10-12 | 1995-10-09 | Method, apparatus and ignition device for ignition of inflammable gases from a flare on e.g. a flame tower |
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NO943851A NO179762C (no) | 1994-10-12 | 1994-10-12 | Fremgangsmåte, anordning og tennorgan for antennelse av brennbare gasser for eksempel fra en fakkel på et flammetårn |
NO943851 | 1994-10-12 |
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