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Flare Calc Sheet API RP 521

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The document discusses flare stack calculations based on API RP 521 and includes parameters like flowrate, temperature, pressure, heat of combustion etc.

The document is about calculating flare stack parameters like flame length, safe distance, flare height etc. based on different approaches.

Parameters like flowrate, temperature, pressure, heat of combustion, wind velocity etc. are considered in the flare stack calculation.

Flare Stack Calculation Sheet

Simple Approach
Title : Date of Calculation :
HP Flare Calculation ###
Project No : Calculate By :
1131/SKPI-SKPP-2006 Erwin Apriandi

1 Description Symbol Unit


2 Flowrate 2.000 MMscfd
3 2,360.000 m3/hr
4 0.656 m3/s
5 Mass Flow W 1270.000 kg/hr
6 Mol Weigth Mw 28.900
7 Pressure at Flare Tip P2 101.300 kPa
8 Flowing Temperature T 422.000 K
9 Compressibility factor z 1.000
10 Ratio of Specific Heat k 1.000
11 Mach No 0.500
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14 Flare Tip ID 0.056 m 2.1902
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17 Heat of combustion 50000.000 kJ/kg
18 Heat Liberated Q 17638.889 kW
19 Flame Length L 90.000 m approx
20
U~ Fig 8 & 9
21 Wind velocity 10.000 m/s
22 Flare Tip velocity Uj 269.840 m/s
23 U~/Uj 0.037
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26 Σ∆y/L 0.460 approx
27 Σ∆y 41.400 m
Fig 10
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29 Σ∆x/L 0.770 approx
30 Σ∆x 69.300 m
Fig 10
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33 Fraction Radiated Heat F 0.300
34 ‫ד‬ 1.000
35 Allowable Radiation K 6.310 kW/m2
36 Safe Distance to Flame Centre D 8.171 m
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39 Stack To Point of Interest R 45.000 m
40 Flare Height H Err:502 m
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Calculation are based on API RP 521

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Flare Stack Calculation Sheet
Brzustowski's and Sommer's Approach
Title : Date of Calculation :
HP Flare Calculation ###
Project No : Calculate By :
1131/SKPI-SKPP-2006 Erwin Apriandi

1 Description Symbol Unit


2 Flowrate 75.010 MMscfd
3 88,501.944 m3/hr
4 24.584 m3/s
5 Mass Flow W 90123.000 kg/hr
6 Mol Weigth Mj 24.070
7 Pressure at Flare Tip Pj 124.000 kPa
8 Flowing Temperature Tj 283.900 K
9 Air Temperature T~ 289.000 K
10 Compressibility factor z 1.000
11 Ratio of Specific Heat k 1.210
12 Mach No 0.450
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15 Flare Tip ID dj 0.404 m
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18 Heat of combustion 47140.000 kJ/kg
19 Heat Liberated Q 1180110.617 kW
20 Flame Length L 60.000 m approx
21
U~ Fig 8 & 9
22 Wind velocity 11.800 m/s
23 Sonic Velocity 344.534 m/s
24 Flare Tip velocity Uj 155.040 m/s
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26 LEL CL 2.100 %v/v
27 LEL Conc Factor 0.229
28 Jet & Wind thrust parameter 26.248
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Fig C.2 Fig C.3
30 From Fig C.2.B & C.3.B
31 Horizontal distance, from stack to flame centre xc 17.000 m approx
32 Vertical distance, from stack to flame centre yc 14.000 m approx
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35 Fraction Radiated Heat F 0.300
36 ‫ד‬ 1.000
37 Allowable Radiation K 6.310 kW/m2
38 Safe Distance to Flame Centre D 66.836 m
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41 Stack To Point of Interest R 60.000 m
42 Flare Height H 37.167 m
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Calculation are based on API RP 521

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