Flare Systems Design & Operation Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the purpose, configurations, and safety role of flare systems in process facilities on Day 1.
• Apply widely used API standards and recommended practices for pressure-relieving and depressuring systems and flare design.
• Determine flare loads from relief scenarios, including fire, blocked outlet, power failure, cooling failure, and emergency depressuring, and identify governing cases.
• Evaluate flare header and subheader design, including backpressure, velocity, noise, vibration, and segregation of high- and low-pressure, cold, wet, and acid gas streams.
• Assess low-temperature and material considerations resulting from depressuring and autorefrigeration.
• Size and evaluate knockout drums and liquid seal drums and manage liquid removal and carryover risks.
• Apply purge gas, velocity seal, and molecular seal requirements to prevent air ingress and flashback.
• Evaluate flare stack and tip types, including elevated, ground, enclosed, and offshore flares, and smokeless flaring using steam and air assistance.
• Apply pilot, ignition, and flame monitoring requirements for reliable flare operation.
• Calculate thermal radiation and assess dispersion and noise to define safe distances and exclusion zones.
• Evaluate flare gas recovery systems, flare metering, and flaring minimization and emissions reduction strategies.
• Apply safe startup, operation, maintenance, turnaround inspection, and troubleshooting practices for flare systems by the end of Day 5.

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Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Explain how flare systems protect people, plants, and the environment.
• Apply key API requirements to flare and relief system design.
• Identify relief scenarios and determine governing flare loads.
• Review flare header designs for backpressure, velocity, and noise.
• Recognize low-temperature risks during depressuring.
• Size and evaluate knockout drums and seal drums.
• Prevent air ingress and flashback in flare systems.
• Select suitable flare types and smokeless technologies.
• Ensure reliable pilot and ignition performance.
• Calculate radiation levels and define safe zones.
• Identify opportunities to recover flare gas and reduce flaring.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot flare systems safely.

Course Outline