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Presentation Title

Optimize & debottleneck


flare system Design
Aspen Flare system Analyzer

Sunil Patil
Principal Business Consultant
September 14, 2012

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Agenda
 What is Aspen Flare System Analyzer?
 Aspen Flare System Analyzer Capabilities
 Whats New in V7.3?
 Demonstration

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What is Aspen Flare System


Analyzer?
 Steady State Flare Network Simulator
Models from the relieving device to the flare tip
Can model flare or vent systems

 Performs balances around the system


Material
Energy
Hydraulic

 Design or rate systems according to user defined


design constraints
 Documents the flare system into one file
Scenarios
Topology
Results
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What is Aspen Flare System


Analyzer?...
 Type of system can handle
Convergent Systems
Divergent Systems
Looped Systems

 Model size
Practically no limit

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Design or Rate Convergent


Systems

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Rate Divergent Systems

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Rate Looped Systems

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Model Size
 No Limit on Model Size

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Model Size
 Large Installations can be modelled with ease

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Agenda
 What is Aspen Flare System Analyzer?
 Capabilities
 Whats New in V7.3?
 Demonstration

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


Calculations
VLE /Thermodynamics





Compressible Gas,
Vapor Pressure,
Peng-Robinson,
SRK

Hydraulics







Isothermal Gas,
Adiabatic Gas,
Beggs & Brill,
Dukler
Lockehart Martinelli
etc

Different Hydraulics methods can be specified for


 Horizontal
 Vertical
 Inclined pipe

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


Calculations (contd)
Multiple or single scenario analysis
 Scenarios can model single or multiple sources relieving
Emergency shutdown
Plant fire
Loss of power or cooling
Equipment failure

Automatic line sizing


Automatic design violation print
 User defined constraints
Noise, v2, velocity, Mach No. & back pressure

Flare tip modelling


 Pressure drop vs. flow curves @ multiple MWs

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


Calculations (contd)
Calculation of external HTC for pipes from ambient
conditions
 Insulation may be included

Extensive fittings and piping databases


 Both can be customised by user

Interface to Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus, Excel, Access


 Transfer stream info from Aspen HYSYS/Aspen Plus to sources
 Import/Export data from Access/Excel database

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


User Interface
Enhanced process flow diagram style view





Multiple view-ports
Display of key process variables
Rotation of icons
Annotations

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


User Interface
Flow map view with superimposition of operating
point

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


User Interface
Profile views display data such as mass flow, velocity,
noise and pressure

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


User Interface
Single page report of all design violations
Customizable report formats

Violations

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Aspen Flarenet Capabilities


User Interface

Violations

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Agenda
 What is Aspen Flare System Analyzer?
 Capabilities


Why not Process Simulator?

 Whats New in V7.3?


 Demonstration
 Q&A

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Why not use a process simulator?


Calculation Limitations
Simulator does not do sizing calculations.
Pressure drop methods do not include the acceleration term or
check for choked flow which is important in high velocity Flare and
Vent calculations.
Parameters specific to Flare Systems are usually missing
 Rated flow for tailpipes, actual flow for headers
 Inlet piping calculations
 Do not predict velocity and noise problems

API guidelines not built into calculations.

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Why not use a process simulator?


Workflow Limitations
Very difficult to handle looped systems
 Need simultaneous solver vs. a modular solver

Multiple design scenarios are impractical because there is no


data synchronization.
 Flowsheet Simulator Each scenario is a case
 Flarenet Each case contains all of the scenarios

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Why not use a process simulator


Simulator results are not acceptable
For a new design
 Lines sizes will be too small.

For a rating
 Will under predict back pressure.

Do not conform to API design guides.


Do not predict velocity or noise problems.

Can give an unsafe Flare System

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Agenda
 What is Aspen Flare System Analyzer?
 Capabilities


Typical Usages

 Whats New in V7.3?


 Demonstration

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Typical Uses and Benefits


 Typical Uses:
E&C companies for conceptual and detailed design
 Reduces design time by sizing the flare network
 Finds the min diameter for flare header and tail pipes automatically
 Eliminates trial and error method

Operating companies for debottlenecking, plant upgrade


and feasibility studies
 FLARENET sizes and checks network against design constraints
 Any violations will be flagged clearly by the program

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Typical Uses and Benefits


 General Information
FLARENET designs or rates pipe networks against single or
multiple scenarios, eliminating data manipulations
Fittings pressure drop can be automatically generated or
calculated from fitting input
Fitting database customisable and password protected
Pipe Class Editor allows definition of standard pipe schedules
and sizes, can define project standards.
FLARENET will implement API 520/521 standards if required

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Agenda
 What is Aspen Flare System Analyzer?
 Capabilities


Typical Usages

 Whats New in V7.3?


 Demonstration
 Q&A

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V7.3 - Phase 1 of the new Flare System Analyzer tool

V7.3 Deliverables
New and modernized UI
Componentized architecture and modern code base

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Aspen Flare System Analyzer V7.3


New UI New Ribbon Design
Ribbon groups common tasks
Easy access to model
icons to build models

Tabs give different views


of inputs and results

New navigation pane

Easy zoom in / out

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Aspen Flare System Analyzer V7.3


New UI Powerful New Grid Component
New grid component for tabular
view of key inputs and results

One-click export to Excel


Searchable and sortable
makes it easy to find
information in large models

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Agenda
 What is Aspen Flare System Analyzer?
 Capabilities
 Why not use a process simulator?
 Demonstration

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Demonstration

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