Automatically igniting gas flares
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAnas H. Safar, Abdulaziz H. Altijani, Mohammed A. Almubayedh, Rashid O. Al-Rashidi
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Abstract
Systems and devices for igniting a gas to be flared include: a body having an inlet and an outlet, the body defining a channel extending between the inlet and the outlet; an igniter operable to generate a spark at the outlet of the body; an actuator disposed in the channel, the actuator configured to harvest energy when the gas to be flared flows from the inlet to the outlet through the channel and transfer the energy to the igniter.
Claims15
A system for igniting a gas to be flared, the system comprising:
- a body having an inlet and an outlet, the body defining a channel extending between the inlet and the outlet;
- an igniter operable to generate a spark at the outlet of the body;
- an actuator disposed in the channel, the actuator configured to harvest energy when the gas to be flared flows from the inlet to the outlet through the channel and transfer the energy to the igniter, and
- a flare tip, the flare tip incorporating the body.
A device for igniting in a flare tip, the device comprising:
- a body having an inlet and an outlet, the body defining a channel extending between the inlet and the outlet;
- an igniter operable to generate a spark at the outlet of the body;
- an actuator disposed in the channel, the actuator configured to harvest energy when the gas to be flared flows from the inlet to the outlet through the channel and transfer the energy to the igniter,
- wherein the actuator comprises a turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.