Torch heat recovery?
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In the evening, walking on the road outside the factory, I watched the flares inside the factory spewing flames several meters high. Suddenly, I thought: could the torch tower be modified to recover some of the heat released?
Which torch has flames that are several meters high? If that’s the case, it means your leaders are really generous... They don’t even know how to recover the gas from those torches to use it for heating boilers... There have been discussions on this forum regarding ways to recover such gas; you might as well consider those suggestions... :lol
It is likely that abnormal flaring of gas is occurring during production; a few meters is definitely not normal.
The only way to eliminate torches now is by burning in boilers or heaters after desulfurization
Indeed, many refineries do this: I’ve seen it in Jinan and Qingdao. Is it because the current technical level isn’t sufficient or because the investment required is too high?
It can be recycled; first analyze the components, then select the recycling process
The refund fee is reasonable, not bad! Economic and environmentally friendly!
There is now a strong emphasis on energy conservation and reduced consumption; torches are not allowed to burn unless in emergency situations. Gas can be recycled after passing through desulfurization units. Our factory has just installed such a unit – an acid water and liquefied gas desulfurization system.
Atmospheric and vacuum heating furnaces, steam boilers, etc., can all be modified to use dried gas after dehydration; this is what we have been doing all along.
It’s good that it can be recycled, but complete recycling isn’t possible
This should be an abnormal condition; nowadays, most companies have systems for recovering waste gas from flares. Under normal circumstances, it’s possible to extinguish the flare, but in the event of an accident, when the volume of gas is too large and exceeds the capacity of the recovery system, there is no other choice but to burn it off. It’s a last resort, and surely it’s painful for anyone to have to do that.