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US 12,693,011 B2Granted
Flaring optimization responsive to wind conditions
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsFareez Zameer Khan, Hugues Trifol
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Abstract
A method can include receiving wind conditions data; determining a control action to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data; and issuing the control action to control the flaring operation.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- receiving wind conditions data;
- determining a control action to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data, wherein the determining the control action comprises:
- performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flaring operation using the wind conditions data;
- determining one or more respective concentrations of one or more combustion constituents relative to the site based on the CFD simulation;
- determining an optimal flare tip size and orientation based on the one or more respective concentrations of the one or more combustion constituents;
- and
- identifying the control action based on the optimal flare tip size and orientation;
- and
- issuing the control action to control the flaring operation.
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A system comprising:
- a flaring optimization computational framework comprising a processor and a memory that generates one or more control actions responsive to wind conditions data, wherein the flaring optimization computational framework is configured to:
- receive the wind conditions data;
- determine the one or more control actions to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data by:
- performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flaring operation using the wind conditions data;
- determining one or more respective concentrations of one or more combustion constituents relative to the site based on the CFD simulation;
- determining an optimal flare tip size and orientation based on the one or more respective concentrations of the one or more combustion constituents;
- and
- identifying the one or more control actions based on the optimal flare tip size and orientation;
- and
- a flaring control unit controllable by the one or more control actions.
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One or more computer-readable storage media comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to:
- receive wind conditions data;
- determine a control action to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data, wherein the determining the control action comprises:
- performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flaring operation using the wind conditions data;
- determining one or more respective concentrations of one or more combustion constituents relative to the site based on the CFD simulation, wherein the one or more combustion constituents comprise sulfur dioxide, one or more nitrogen oxides, or any combination thereof;
- determining an optimal flare tip size and orientation based on the one or more respective concentrations of the one or more combustion constituents;
- and
- identifying the control action based on the optimal flare tip size and orientation;
- and
- issue the control action to control the flaring operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.