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Cold Vent Stacks or Flare Stack?

Cold Vent Stacks or Flare Stack?

Cold Vent Stacks or Flare Stack?

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Dear Friends,

The petrochemical plant where I work is being asked to get out of our present flare system header that is shared with another company. Therefore we have to design a new waste gas disposal for our releases that are in fact only generated in emergencies.

We start the project assuming that a Flare Stack might be the only option, but recently we paid a more close attention to item 4 of API-521 and realize that cold vent stacks could also be an option and, in our case, even more appropriated.

Since we are a rubber manufacturer company, the studies for emergency releases show us that the release in emergencies are only 1,3 cis butadiene (43 t/h during 12 minutes).

Could one of you guys tell me your impressions about this subject and if you already have a issue like this and what was the final decision (cold satck or flare stack) and why.

Thanks in advance.

LCMS.

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