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[asade]

Good day All,

 

Am conducting a short study to understand the impact of high heat radiation from flare on field instruments.

 

The area of study is a section of the flowstation adjacent to the flare stack location. Due to increment in crude oil production, there's associated increment in gas production which is flared. Thereby, the heat radiation and resultant temperature increases around the facility area. It was observed that the ambient temerature ranges between 50-70 deg on a sunny day. It is believed that they could affect the field instruments.

 

How does high heat radiation and temperature affects installed field instruments exposed to this area?

 

Kindly share your experience on the effect.

 

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

 

[Zauberberg]

Asade,

 

For these cases, you make sure the instruments and the cabling is designed for whatever is the maximum "ambient" temperature. Black bulb temperature in the Middle East is in excess of 80 degrees Celsius, and there are instruments continuously exposed to these temperatures and sun radiation, and functioning with no issues.

[Napo]

Asade,

 

You can review Evans, Equipment Design Handbook, Vol. 2, Ch. 6, Flare Stack, here there is a reference: Kent G. R. "Find Radiation Effects of Flares", Hydrocarbon Processing, June 1968, p. 119.

 

Napo.