Service Line: Upstream
Solution: Dispersion Modelling
Country: Iraq
In order to ensure personnel and community protection United Safety used appropriate gas dispersion and heat flux models in different release scenarios involving a wide range of weather conditions to identify safe locations and modes of operation for flare stacks and burner pits near two well sites.
Challenge:
Define safe locations for burner pits and are stacks in a complex in a drilling site with complex terrain to avoid heat, SO2 or H2S exposure.
Solution:
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models with topography were used to evaluate the burner pits and an empirical model was applied to de ne heat flux and are stack dispersion contours.
Result:
Identified safe locations for are stacks and determined conditions for safe operation of burner pits to prevent potential hazards.
Key Customer Benefits
- Applied top-notch technology for accurate assessments
- Provided clear findings enabling the customer to make informed decisions
- Devised a table with the adequate mode of operation for each burner pit, depending on weather conditions
