Safety system for removing any risk of carrying liquids to the nose of the flare or to the vent-hole during burning or dispersion of the gases associated with production

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR83/00050 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 14, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 14, 1983 PCT Filed Mar. 11, 1983 PCT Pub. No. WO83/03280 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 1983.The invention provides a safety system comprising in the gas flow chain, between the liquid entrainment source and the nose of the flare or of the vent-hole, at least one capacity such as a flare foot tank (1) having at least one overflow column (4) opening below a liquid level (5,6), for example the sea, at a predetermined distance from its tapping (11) to said capacity. It further comprises means (7) for avoiding, should liquid overflow into the overflow column (4), the retention and entrapping of gases in the overflowed liquid or below said liquid.