EP0935098B2 - Flammendetektionseinrichtung und Verfahren - Google Patents

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EP0935098B2
EP0935098B2 EP98300830A EP98300830A EP0935098B2 EP 0935098 B2 EP0935098 B2 EP 0935098B2 EP 98300830 A EP98300830 A EP 98300830A EP 98300830 A EP98300830 A EP 98300830A EP 0935098 B2 EP0935098 B2 EP 0935098B2
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Robert E. Schwartz
Lawrence E. Berg
Wesley R. Dr. Bussmann
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N5/00—Systems for controlling combustion
    • F23N5/16—Systems for controlling combustion using noise-sensitive detectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23G—CREMATION FURNACES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION
    • F23G7/00—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals
    • F23G7/06—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases
    • F23G7/08—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases using flares, e.g. in stacks
    • F23G7/085—Incinerators or other apparatus for consuming industrial waste, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases using flares, e.g. in stacks in stacks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2227/00—Ignition or checking
    • F23N2227/22—Pilot burners
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2241/00—Applications
    • F23N2241/12—Stack-torches

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  • the present invention relates to a flame detection apparatus and method for detecting the presence or non-presence of a flame from a location remote from the flame.
  • Burners for combusting fuel and air mixtures generally include one or more pilot burners for igniting the fuel and air mixture when the burner is operated. Usually the main burners are operated intermittently and the pilot burners are operated continuously. In order to prevent explosions or the like, when the pilot burner malfunctions and an ignition flame is not provided, pilot flame detection apparatus are provided and are commonly set up to shut off the fuel to the burner if a pilot flame is not present.
  • Flares or flare stacks are used for combusting and disposing of combustible wastes and other materials such as disclosed in US 4,559,006. Flare stacks are commonly located at production, refining and processing plants for disposing of combustible wastes or other combustible streams which are diverted during venting, shut downs, upsets and/or emergencies.
  • Flares generally also include continuously operated pilot burners and flame detection apparatus which are often located at the elevated open discharge ends of the flares at the tops of stacks. Because of the heights of such flare stacks and the high temperatures experienced during flaring, failures of flame detection apparatus have often occurred and have been relatively difficult to repair and replace.
  • thermocouple for generating a thermoelectric current when heated by a pilot flame. When the pilot flame is not present, less thermoelectric current is generated which is electronically sensed and an alarm is indicated.
  • Optical systems have heretofore also been developed for use with flare stacks which are mounted on the ground and detect the presence or non-presence of flame at the top of the flare stacks.
  • such systems are susceptible to false readings as a result of varying weather conditions and the like. In addition, they may not distinguish between the pilot flame and the main flame.
  • JP-A59/191812 and DE-A3447754 disclose a flame detection apparatus using a sound sensor linked to a combustion chamber by a duct providing an acoustic connection. In dependence on the noise detected, voltage signals are produced which are analysed by a signal processor for indicating the status of the flame.
  • US-A-4959638 discloses an acoustic combustion efficiency analyser having various forms of flame sensor..
  • a flare stack according to claim 1.
  • the flame detection apparatus of this invention can be located a relatively long distance from the flame being monitored whereby it is not subjected to intense heat, is resistant to changing weather conditions and can easily be serviced or replaced.
  • a sound detector is connected to the conduit positioned at a location remote from the flame, i.e., at about 1 metre to 200 metres or more from the flame.
  • the sound detector detects sound produced by the flame and conducted by the conduit and generates an electric signal representative of the sound.
  • Electronic means are provided for receiving the electric signal and for indicating the presence or non-presence of the flame in response thereto.
  • a second aspect of this invention provides a method of detecting the presence or non-presence of a flame issued from a pilot burner located at the open discharge end of a flare stack according to claim 10.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a flare stack 10 including the improved flame detection apparatus of the present invention, the flare stack 10 including a flare 12 and stack 14 which are bolted together by a plurality of bolts 15 at a flanged connection 16. While the heights of flare stacks vary depending upon various factors, most flare stacks utilized in production, refining and processing plants range in height from about 6 metres to as high as about 200 metres.
  • the bottom end of the stack 14 is closed by a ground level base plate 18 and one or more waste gas inlet pipes 20 located at or near ground level are connected to the stack 14.
  • the flare 12 (also sometimes referred to as a flare tip) may include a cylindrical perforated wind deflector 22 attached thereto adjacent to the upper open discharge end 24 of the flare 12 and at least one pilot burner 26 positioned adjacent the open discharge end 24.
  • the pilot burner 26 is usually operated continuously to provide a continuous flame for igniting streams of combustible gases which are intermittently flowed to the flare stack 10.
  • Pilot burner 26 is connected to a pipe 28 which is attached to the flare 12 by a plurality of brackets 30.
  • a conventional fuel-air mixer 32 is disposed in the pipe 28 near the flanged connection 16 between the flare 12 and stack 14, and the pipe 28 is connected to a source of combustible fuel gas, such as methane. Fuel gas is mixed with inspirated air as it flows through the mixer 32, the mixture flows through the pipe 28 above the mixer 32 to the pilot burner 26 and is burned within and adjacent to the pilot burner 26.
  • a second pipe 34 extends from the pilot burner 26 to a location at or near ground level and is attached to the pipe 28 by a plurality of brackets 35.
  • the pipe 34 is connected at its upper end to the pilot burner 26 and to an ignition flame generator 36 at its lower end.
  • a flame detector assembly 38 is connected to the pipe 34 near ground level between the ignition flame generator 36 and the pilot burner 26.
  • An ignition flame generator 36 is operated to produce a flame which is propagated through the pipe 34 to the pilot burner 26. When the ignition flame exits the pipe 34, it ignites the fuel-air mixture flowing from the pilot burner 26. After the pilot burner 26 is ignited, the ignition flame generator 36 is shut off.
  • the sound produced by the flame (not shown) of the pilot burner 26 is conducted by the pipe 34 to the flame detector assembly 38, which continuously indirectly detects the sound or lack of sound, which indicates the presence or non-presence of the flame at the pilot burner 26. If the flame of the pilot burner 26 is extinguished for any reason, the flame detector assembly 38 provides a warning such as a light and/or audible alarm so that the pilot burner 26 can immediately be reignited.
  • the ignition flame generator 36 can be set up to be electronically operated each time the flame detector assembly 38 detects the non-presence of a flame at the pilot burner 26.
  • the pilot burner 26 comprises a cylindrical perforated wind shield 40 which is attached to a conventional pilot burner nozzle (or tip) 42 which is in turn attached to the pipe 28.
  • the nozzle 42 includes one or more fuel-air mixture discharge orifices 44 therein for discharging the fuel-air mixture in a pattern which produces a stable pilot flame.
  • the cylindrical wind shield 40 includes a side opening formed therein within which the top end portion 48 of the pipe 34 is welded. An elongated end segment of the pipe 34 within the wind shield 40 is removed and the top end of the pipe 34 outside the wind shield 40 is closed whereby the pipe 34 opens into the wind shield 40 by way of an opening 50 extending below, beside and above the nozzle 42.
  • pilot burner 26 and flame sound-conducting pipe 34 designs and arrangements can be chosen, it only being necessary that the sound produced by the presence of a flame be conducted to the remote location where the flame detector assembly 38 of this invention is mounted.
  • the ignition flame generator 36 includes a plate 52 upon which a transformer 54 is located connected to an electric power source (not shown) by wires 56. Wires contained within an electric wire conduit 60, connect transformer 54 to an enclosed spark plug 58, which is connected to a fuel-air ignition chamber 61 having a sight glass 62 therein.
  • the chamber 61 is connected to an air inlet conduit 64 having a shut-off valve 66 and a pressure gauge 68 disposed therein and to an ignitor fuel gas conduit 70 having a shut-off valve 72 and pressure gauge 74 disposed therein by way of a T-connection 76.
  • a combustible fuel gas-air mixture is flowed to the pilot burner 26 by way of the conduit 28.
  • the valves 66 and 72 of the ignitor flame generator 36 are then opened to produce a combustible fuel gas-air mixture which flows into the chamber 61 and through the conduit 34 to the pilot burner 26.
  • the transformer 54 is operated by pushing the button 55 thereon to spark the spark plug 58 and ignite the fuel gas-air mixture flowing through the chamber 61.
  • the sight glass 62 provides a visual indication of the ignition.
  • the flame flows through the opening 50 of the conduit 34 within the wind shield 40 of the pilot burner 26 whereby the fuel gas-air mixture being discharged by the nozzle 42 is ignited.
  • the valves 66 and 72 of the ignition flame generator 36 are closed.
  • the flame detector assembly 38 is shown enclosed in a housing 78 and includes a sound detector 80 which is sealingly connected to the conduit 34.
  • the sound detector 80 is an electronic acoustic vibration receiver such as a microphone, a piezoelectric crystal, a geophone or the like, which converts the sound conducted to it into an electric signal which is conducted to an electronic network 84 by wires 82.
  • the electronic network 84 filters the electric signal to a signal representative of one or more preselected frequency bands, the signal then being conducted by wires 86 to an electronic energy detecting circuit 88 which determines the energy content of the electric signal at the preselected frequency band or bands thereby to indicate the presence or non-presence of the pilot burner flame. That is, if the energy content of the signal is equal to or higher than a predetermined energy content for the preselected frequency band or bands, the presence of flame is indicated. If lower, the non-presence of the flame is indicated.
  • the signal can be analyzed to determine the presence or non-presence of an energy peak at a preselected frequency band or bands; or the shape of a plot of the signal frequency versus energy can be compared to a standard plot indicating the presence of flame; or the rate of change of the frequency versus energy in a preselected frequency band or bands can be compared to the rate of change when a flame is present.
  • Electric power is provided to the electronic components 84 and 88 by a transformer 92 connected to an electric power supply (not shown) by wires 94 and to the electronic component 88 by wires 90.
  • the presence or non-presence of the pilot burner flame is indicated by the electronic component 88 by an electric signal which is conducted by wires 96 to an alarm and/or other electronic system, e.g., a system for automatically operating the ignition flame generator 36.
  • the apparatus and method of this invention can be utilized with flare sacks or other burners which do not include ignition flame generators and separate conduits for conducting ignition flames to the burners or pilot burners thereof.
  • an additional conduit for conducting the sound can be installed.
  • a separate conduit 100 can be installed and the flame detector assembly 38 can be connected to it as shown.
  • flame is used herein to mean any flame or combustion reaction which produces detectible sound.
  • the flame detection apparatus of this invention can be utilized with burners that combust liquid fuel as well as gaseous fuel and that any oxidizer such as air, oxygen or other oxidizing substance can be used to support the combustion.

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  1. Facketrohr umfassend: eine Grundplatte (18) in Bodennähe, die das untere Ende des Rohrs (14) verschließt,
    eine Flammenerfassungsvorrichtung zum Erfassen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens einer Flamme, die aus einem Zündbrenner (26) am oberen offenen Ende (24) des Fackelrohrs (10) austritt, wobei die Vorrichtung umfasst:
    eine Leitung (34), deren eines Ende an dem offenen Auslassende (24) des Fackelrohrs bezüglich der Flamme angeordnet ist, wodurch Schall, der durch die Flamme erzeugt wird, von dem Rohr zu einem Schalldetektor (38) geleitet wird, der mit der Leitung an einer Stelle verbunden ist, die von der Flamme entfernt ist, um Schall, der durch die Leitung geleitet wird, zu erfassen und ein Signal zu erzeugen, das den Schall darstellt; und
    Mittel (38, 82-90) zum Empfangen des Signals, wobei die Mittel einen elektronischen Schaltungsaufbau zum Anzeigen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens der Flamme in Antwort auf das empfangene Signal umfassen;
    wobei der Schalldetektor sich an einer Stelle befindet, die von der sich nahe dem Boden des Fackelrohrs befindenden Flamme entfernt ist.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das durch den Schalldetektor (38) erzeugte Signal ein elektrisches Signal ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der elektronische Schaltungsaufbau zum Empfangen des Signals und Anzeigen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens der Flamme auf den Energieinhalt des Signals bei einem oder mehr vorgewählten Frequenzbändern reagiert, um dadurch das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen der Flamme anzuzeigen.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der elektronische Schaltungsaufbau zum Empfangen des Signals und Anzeigen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens der Flamme auf das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen einer Energiespitze in dem Signal bei einem oder mehr ausgewählten Frequenzbändern reagiert, um dadurch jeweils das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen der Flamme anzuzeigen.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der elektronische Schaltungsaufbau zum Empfangen des Signals und Anzeigen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens der Flamme auf die Form einer Darstellung der Frequenz des Signals gegenüber der Energie reagiert und die Form mit einer gängigen Standarddarstellung vergleicht, um dadurch das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen der Flamme anzuzeigen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der elektronische Schaltungsaufbau zum Empfangen des Signals und Anzeigen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens der Flamme auf die Änderungsrate der Frequenz des Signals gegenüber der Energie bei einem oder mehr ausgewählten Frequenzbändern reagiert, um dadurch das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen der Flamme anzuzeigen.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Schalldetektor einen elektronischen akustischen Schwingungsempfänger umfasst.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei der Schalldetektor ein Mikrophon oder einen piezoelektrischen Kristall umfasst.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, weiter umfassend einen Zündflammenerzeuger (36), der mit der Leitung (34) verbunden ist, wobei der Zündflammenerzeuger eine Zündflamme zum Zünden des Zündbrenners (26) erzeugt, die sich durch die Leitung zum Zündbrenner ausbreitet.
  10. Verfahren zum Feststellen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens einer Flamme, die aus einem Zündbrenner (26) austritt, der an dem offenen Auslassende (24) eines Fackelrohrs (10) angeordnet ist; umfassend die Schritte:
    Leiten des durch die Flamme erzeugten Schalls durch eine Leitung (34) von der Stelle der Flamme zu einer Stelle, die von der Stelle der Flamme entfernt ist;
    Feststellen des geleiteten Schalls und Erzeugen eines Signals, das den Schall darstellt; und
    Anzeigen des Vorhandenseins oder Fehlens der Flamme von dem den Schall darstellenden Signal,
    wobei das untere Ende des Rohrs (14) durch eine Grundplatte (18) in Bodennähe verschlossen wird, sich die Leitung von der Stelle der Flamme zu einer entfernten Stelle nahe dem Boden des Rohrs erstreckt; und wobei der Schritt des Feststellens des geleiteten Schalls an dieser von der Flamme entfernten Stelle durchgeführt wird.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10, wobei das Signal ein elektrisches Signal ist und das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen der Flamme elektronisch von dem elektrischen Signal bestimmt wird.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, wobei die Flamme, wenn sie vorhanden ist, von einem Zündbrenner zum Entzünden eines brennbaren Gasstroms austritt.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, das weiter erforderlichenfalls den Schritt des Zündens des Zündbrenners durch Erzeugen einer Zündflamme und deren Ausbreiten durch die Leitung zum Zündbrenner umfasst.
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