dear all,
i have questions regarding radiation and dispersion of flare stack that i need to establish near from community...
a. if i need to establish a flare stack in onshore near from community for small natural gas facilities, what is the maximum radiation intensity ? i can't find it in API RP 521, is it ok if i set 500 BTU/hr/ft2 as the input for the maximum radiation intensity ? i need to estimate the radius distance from flare stack to community. please point me out if there is a code regulates about this issue
b. i dont really understand about the dispersion effect of disposal gas from flare stack, i cant find it in API RP 521. what is the purpose of dispersion study of natural gas ? and why is it needed ? because of Carbon Monoxide gas from incomplete combustion or related with flammability limit ?
could you please share the references about this ? i need to know the limitation, so i can estimate the flare stack distance from the community, i have tried to search but it was not good enough, something related with gaussian method, LFL, UFL i guess.
thank you very much
Edited by mosayef, 30 May 2015 - 06:40 PM.