Technical Papers

Radiant Wall Burner Design Improvements For Retrofit Applications

Noise Testing and Prediction Methods for Multi-Point Ground Flares

Developed in the 1970’s, Multi-Point Ground Flares (MPGF) derive their name from their physical..

New Direct Flame Monitoring Technology

The changing government regulations imposed on refineries, gas processing facilities, petrochemical..

Air Heater Thermal and Flow Profile Analysis

This report outlines the thermal analysis and airflow distribution model as part of an air heater..

Achieving Ultra-Low NOx Emissions without EFGR in Burner Retrofit ...

Free Jet Schematic Retrofitting low NOx burners into existing applications can be an economical..

Enhanced Jet Flat Flame Burners GLSF Series

This document discusses the advantages of the GLSF design and compares its performance with..

DB Low-NOx Duct Burners

This document describes Zeeco’s approach to designing the ZEECO® DB Series Low NOx burner to exceed..

Ejector Technology for Efficient and Cost Effective Flare Gas Recovery

Flare systems are a common sight in the GCC region at oil and gas production, processing, and..

Low-NOx Burner Retrofit Challenge

As increasingly stringent NOx requirements are implemented around the world, end users with fired..

Burner Applications in Ethylene Cracking Furnaces

This abstract will focus on the field results of eight ethylene cracking furnaces which use Zeeco..

Emissions Testing of Sonic Velocity Flares

In a 2012 report by the EPA’s Flare Review Panel, regulations for flares that tended to operate..

Solutions for Minimizing the Impact of Subpart Ja for Flare Systems

Typical Flare System Flares play a critical role as a safety device in refineries, and most oil and..

Understanding a New Regulatory Environment

Portable Flare On April 17, 2012, following an eight year review process of the Clean Air Act, the..

Solid Fuel to Natural Gas Conversions for existing Boiler Applications

Zeeco was contacted by a large industrial plant owner to assist them with the fuel changeover of a..

Low NOx Burner Retrofits with BMS for Process Heater Optimization

Burner retrofits with combustion air control and fuel gas control in process furnaces are an..

Smokeless Air Assist and Flare Gas Recovery Technology for Continuous ...

Flares are an important safety feature of most oil and gas producing and processing facilities,..

European Ethylene Producers Conference Seminar

Flame rollover and flame interaction can be problematic in ethylene cracking applications. Flame..

High Pressure Air Assist System and Flare Gas Recovery Technology for ...

Flares are an important safety feature of most oil and gas producing and processing facilities,..

Flare System Inspections for Olefins Facilities

Because of the critical role the ethylene unit emergency flare fills, it is one of the last unit..

Opportunity NOx

In natural gas processing, wellhead gas is usually passed through field separator units to remove..

Next Generation Low NOx Boiler Burner Retrofits— Field Performance ...

In 2006, the Valero Corpus Christi Texas Refining facility purchased Zeeco® GLSF Free-Jet Next..

Acceptable Operating Parameters for Steam Assisted Flares

36"-QFSC Flare Tip with four sight ports and three layers of thermocouples to record tip..

High Pressure Air Assist System

Over the last 10 years Saudi Aramco has developed and patented a smokeless flaring technology that..

Smokeless High Pressure Air Assist System (HPAAS)

In order to meet increasingly strict environmental regulations and to promote cleaner energy at..

Zero Ammonia Emissions Project

Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), Kuwait is currently operating two Ammonia Plants and three..

Estimation of the Air-Demand, Flame Height, and Radiation Load from ...

ISIS-3D General Comments Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics with radiative heat transfer and..

Environmental Testing of an Advanced Flare Tip for a Low-Profile ...

Modern Staged Multipoint Flare As part of the development of a new advanced flare tip for a..

Evaluation of the Air-Demand, Flame Height, and Radiation from ...

Low-profile flare fields pose significant design challenges including elongated flames, adequate..

Low Emission - Low Maintenance Burner Design

In order to meet the ever increasing and strict emission controls on fired equipment, low emission..

Shell Claus Off-Gas Treating (SCOT) Unit CFD Modeling

Refineries processing high sulfur crude oils produce significant quantities of by product hydrogen..