Prediction of Emissions during Flaring via Computational Method

摘要

Industrial Flares are important safety devices to burn off the unwanted gas during process startup, shutdown, or upset. However, flaring, especially the associated smoke, is a symbol of emissions from refineries, oil gas fields, and chemical processing plants. A new combustion mechanism (Vsoot) for predicting soot emissions was developed and validated against experimental data. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) models combined with Vsoot combustion mechanism were developed to simulate the flaring events. It was observed that simulation results agree.