Designing of flare system

Abstract

Process safety is a disciplined framework for managing the integrity of operating systemsandprocesseshandlinghazardoussubstances. Itisachievedbyapplyinggooddesign principles,engineeringandoperating&maintenancepractices. Flaresystemsplaysanimportant role in the safety of Oil and Gas installations by serving as outlets for emergency pressure relief in case of process upsets. Accurate design of the flare system plays a key role in containing possible process safety hazards on the oil and gas installation, petrochemical industries, especially oil and gas offshore platforms. This Project is focused on designing the a flare network for a particular plant and optimizing the design procedure of the flare system. This project will give the optimized procedure involved in detailed design engineering for selection and sizing of Pressure relieve devices (PRD) and designing of Flare headers, Knock out drum, water seal drum, Flare stack, Flare seal, Flare tip, Flame Front Generator and documentation of Flare system. The Various relief scenario is considered like fire case, CV failure case, reflux failure case, electricity failure case, etc. The simulation tool used in this project is Aspen Techs Flare system analyzer (known as FLARENET),which is a steady state simulation tool.