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Slackerous Maximus
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Question about refineries
Why is there always a huge natural gas flame above refineries? Why wouldn't they capture this gas for sale? Is it not natural gas and some unusable byproduct?
Always been curious about that.....
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09-23-2005, 06:51 PM
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The flair stacks are used for emergency pressure releifs. When you see a flair stack thats active its an indication that there is a problem and they are releasing pressure. Better to burn it off than to send it to the atmosphere. Whats not seen is in the top edge of the stack is a "steam ring", that does a great job of capturing any unburned gases.
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09-23-2005, 08:21 PM
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They do the same thing at many meatpacking plants... just burning extra methane, or something.
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09-23-2005, 09:13 PM
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Too bad they can't evaporate the smell of blood. It gets me hungry every time...
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09-23-2005, 09:25 PM
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09-24-2005, 07:37 AM
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I also read that they do flame outs to measure gas quality, pressure and volume.
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09-24-2005, 07:43 AM
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