US 12,461,006 B2
Apparatus and method to measure flare burner fallout
Konstantin Mikhailovich Serdyuk, Berdsk (RU); Roman Alexandrovich Skachkov, Quincy, MA (US); Dilara Ildusovna Serdyuk, Novosibirsk (RU); Grigory Yurievich Mikhalev, Novosibirsk (RU); Barbara Zielinska, Palaiseau (FR); and Eduardo Vidal, Atyrau (KZ)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/259,160
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/063466
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/140122, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. RU2020143123 (RU), filed on Dec. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044765 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 15/0227 (2024.01); F23G 7/08 (2006.01); F23N 5/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/40 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 15/0227 (2013.01) [F23G 7/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01N 2015/0026 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for monitoring unburned fallout droplets from a liquid flare burner, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
invoke a first control valve to isolate the liquid flare burner from a test fluid source; and
invoke a second control valve to fluidly couple the liquid flare burner to a hydrocarbon source to generate the unburned fallout droplets;
calculate a first fallout volume associated with the unburned fallout droplets captured by first measurement surfaces in a first measurement region, wherein the first measurement surfaces comprise a heat-resistant material;
calculate a second fallout volume associated with unburned fallout droplets captured by second measurement surfaces in a second measurement region, wherein the second measurement surfaces comprise a non-heat resistant material; and
determine a fallout efficiency of the liquid flare burner based on the first fallout volume and the second fallout volume; and
in response to the fallout efficiency not satisfying a fallout efficiency threshold, adjust a configuration of the liquid flare burner based on the fallout efficiency.