Publication detail

Flare stacks on agricultural biogas plants – safety and operational requirements

Trávníček, P. Kotek, L. Nejtek, V. Koutný, T. Junga, P. Vítěz, T.

Original Title

Flare stacks on agricultural biogas plants – safety and operational requirements

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The flare stack is a piece of equipment, which is used as a safety element at a biogas plant. In the case of a cogeneration unit or gas boiler failure, the biogas is redirected to the flare stack where it is burned. When the flare stack fails, the biogas releases to the atmosphere and an explosive mixture can form. The paper is focused on the description of the causes, which can cause the failure of the equipment. For this purpose, the individual components are described and, subsequently, the possibilities of their failure are discussed. In the next part of the work, the following scenario is considered: failure of the cogeneration unit and flare stack, the subsequent leakage of the biogas to the atmosphere. The calculation for determining the consequences of the biogas leakage is carried out. The size of the gaseous cloud and the explosion pressure in the case of a vapour cloud explosion are determined. The calculations were carried out by the software ALOHA (version 5.4.7).

Keywords

gas cloud; accidents; modelling software; agriculture

Authors

Trávníček, P.; Kotek, L.; Nejtek, V.; Koutný, T.; Junga, P.; Vítěz, T.

Released

6. 8. 2019

Publisher

Research in Agricultural Engineering, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Location

Opava

ISBN

1212-9151

Periodical

Research in agricultural engineering

Year of study

65

Number

3

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

98

Pages to

104

Pages count

7

URL

https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/rae.htm?type=article&id=1_2019-RAE

BibTex

@article{BUT160563,
  author="Trávníček, P. and Kotek, L. and Nejtek, V. and Koutný, T. and Junga, P. and Vítěz, T.",
  title="Flare stacks on agricultural biogas plants – safety and operational requirements",
  journal="Research in agricultural engineering",
  year="2019",
  volume="65",
  number="3",
  pages="98--104",
  doi="10.17221/1/2019-RAE",
  issn="1212-9151",
  url="https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/rae.htm?type=article&id=1_2019-RAE"
}