(39e) Considerations for Flare Gas Recovery Unit Design and Operations in An Olefins Plant
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2012
2012 Spring Meeting & 8th Global Congress on Process Safety
The 24th Ethylene Producers’ Conference
Ethylene Plant Environmental/Maintenance Joint Session
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 4:15pm to 4:40pm
In 2011 Flint Hills Resources installed a flare gas recovery unit at its Port Arthur Olefins plant. This paper will discuss items that had to be considered to apply flare gas recovery in an olefins plant. The items discussed will include: how to get accurate flare flow and composition data to size the unit, how to manage intermittent flare streams with high volume and high nitrogen content, controls for compressor staging and de-staging, handling of hydrocarbon liquids that condense during compression, and lessons learned during startup and operation.
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