Flares, surface

Flare, Float and Flare, Surface. A float flare is a pyrotechnic signal launched from an air craft to mark a location at sea. It floats on die surface and emits smoke and flare for up to one hour. A surface flare is a pyrotechnic item for use in surface position, ground or water, designed to produce a single source of intense light for purposes such as illumination of airport runway and warning of infiltrating enemy troops... 

Flare, Surface. See under Flare, Float and Flare, Surface... 

Flares Articles containing pyrotechnic substances which are designed for use to illuminate, identify, signal or warn. The term includes Flares, Aerial Flares, Surface. UN App. B, lATA App. A... 

For environmental reasons, burning should be smokeless. Long-chain and unsaturated hydrocarbons crack in the flame producing soot. Steam injection helps to produce clean burning by eliminating carbon through the water gas reaction. The quantity of steam required can be as high as 0.05—0.3 kg steam per kg of gas burned. A multijet flare can also be used in which the gas bums from a number of small nozzles parallel to radiant refractory rods which provide a hot surface catalytic effect to aid combustion. 

Combustible Dusts Dusts are particularly hazardous they have a very high surface area-to-volume ratio. When finely divided as powders or (dusts, solids burn quite differently from the original material in the bulk. Dust and fiber deposits can spread fire across a room or along a ledge or roof beam very quickly. On the other hand, accumulations of dust can smolder slowly for long periods, giving little indication that combustion has started until the fire suddenly flares up, possibly when no one suspects a problem. 

Although events taking place on the sun, such as sun spots and solar flares, alter the amount of radiation, the alteration is almost entirely in the x-ray and ultraviolet regions and does not affect the amount in the wavelengths reaching the earth s surface. Therefore, the amount of radiation from the sun that can penetrate to the earth s surface is remarkably constant. 

Burning Pit Flare Sizing - The burning-pit area is sized to provide sufficient surface to vaporize and bum liquid at a rate equal to the maximum incoming liquid rate. The calculation procedure is as follows ... 

For services where ambient or inlet temperamres may fall below 0°C, flashback protection is provided by a special seal drum or loop seal in the inlet line. This equipment is designed specifically for the particular liquid and vapor materials being flared. In these cases a 150 mm minimum water layer is included in the bottom of the pit to prevent oil seepage into the ground, and the hydrocarbon inlet distributor is mounted 150 mm above the water surface. Details of the inlet distributor are shown in Figure 5. 

The following calculation procedure is used to predict the heat flux K incident on a surface normal to the direction of radiation, at any distance from the flare stack and any elevation above grade. The information required for this procedure is as follows ... 

Equipment Failures Safety system Ignition Sources Furnaces, Flares, Incinerators, Vehicles, Electrical switches. Static electricity, Hot surfaces. Cigarettes Human Failures Omission, Commission, Fault diagnosis. Decisions Domino Effects Other containment failures. Other material release External Conditions Meteorology, Visibility... 

W = required vapor capacity in pounds per hour, or any flow rate in pounds per hour, vapor relief rate to flare stack, Ibs/hr W(. = charge weight of explosive, lb Wj. = effective charge weight, pounds of TNT for estimating surface burst effects in free air W, = required steam capacity flow or rate in pounds per hour, or other flow rate, Ib/hr Whe = hydrocarbon to be flared, Ibs/hr Wtnt equivalent charge weight of TNT, lb Wl = liquid flow rate, gal per min (gpm)... 

The male fitting has a cone-shaped surface with the same angle as the inside of the flare. The sleeve supports the tube so vibration does not concentrate at the edge of the flare and distributes the shearing action over a wider area for added strength. 

Although the corrosivity may not be high provided the condensed moisture remains uncontaminated, this rarely happens in practice, and in marine environments sea salts are naturally present not only from direct spray but also as wind-borne particles. Moreover, many marine environments are also contaminated by industrial pollution owing to the proximity of factories, port installations, refineries, power stations and densely populated areas, and in the case of ships or offshore installation superstructures by the discharge from funnels, exhausts or flares. In these circumstances any moisture will also contain S, C and N compounds. In addition, solid pollutants such as soot and dust are likely to be deposited and these can cause increased attack either directly because of their corrosive nature, or by forming a layer on the surface of the metal which can absorb and retain moisture. The hygroscopic nature of the various dissolved salts and solid pollutants can also prolong the time that the surface remains moist. 

In the pyrot area, paraffin is widely used in the manuf of book and wooden matches, as a protective coating to counteract possible surface deterioration of metal powders, as a lubricant and waterproofing agent for the interior surfaces of kraft paper flare and signal cases, and as a binder which tends to fill interstices between particles on press loading (Ref 7, pp 69, 71, 302 316)... 

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