This document discusses two types of steam assisted smokeless flare tips. The first type, an FHP tip, has external steam injection nozzles arranged in a ring for typical refinery use where high efficiency and low noise are not primary concerns. The second type, an FS tip, uses internal coanda nozzles in a cone for more efficient steam usage and mixing, higher smokeless capacities, and significantly lower noise levels, making it suitable for chemical plants requiring frequent smokeless flaring of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
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Technical on Flare Systems Steam Assisted Smokeless Flares
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Technical on Flare Systems Steam Assisted Smokeless Flares
This document discusses two types of steam assisted smokeless flare tips. The first type, an FHP tip, has external steam injection nozzles arranged in a ring for typical refinery use where high efficiency and low noise are not primary concerns. The second type, an FS tip, uses internal coanda nozzles in a cone for more efficient steam usage and mixing, higher smokeless capacities, and significantly lower noise levels, making it suitable for chemical plants requiring frequent smokeless flaring of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
This document discusses two types of steam assisted smokeless flare tips. The first type, an FHP tip, has external steam injection nozzles arranged in a ring for typical refinery use where high efficiency and low noise are not primary concerns. The second type, an FS tip, uses internal coanda nozzles in a cone for more efficient steam usage and mixing, higher smokeless capacities, and significantly lower noise levels, making it suitable for chemical plants requiring frequent smokeless flaring of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
This is our series FHP steam assisted smokeless flare tip,
with external Flarestream steam injection nozzles arranged on an external ring. This type of flare tip is designed for typical refinery use, where very high efficiency, high smokeless capacity, and very low noise is not a specific design requirement.
This is a picture of an FS series high performance
smokeless flare tip during fabrication. This style of flare tip uses a totally different type of steam injection. Floanda (internal coanda) nozzles are located in a cone at the top section of the tip. The steam entrains a large quantity of air though the Floanda nozzle (about 4:1 weight ratio) and the air, steam and waste gas are mixed in the upper cone before being ignited by the pilots. This tip is more efficient in steam usage as a result of the air entrainment and pre-mixing, and can be designed for much higher smokeless capacities than other types of flare tip. The Floanda injector is also extremely quiet, and typically the noise level from the FS tip is about 12-14 dB (A) less than a typical external type steam injection flare tip. An FS-48 flare tip in operation at a US Gulf Coast olefins complex. FS series flare tips are a good choice for the demanding service required for olefins and other chemical plants where smokeless flaring of unsaturated hydrocarbons is frequently required