Johnson M R, Kostiuk L W, Spangelo J L
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2001 Aug;51(8):1167-77. doi: 10.1080/10473289.2001.10464348.
Information reported here is the result of a detailed analysis of data on flared and vented solution gas in the Province of Alberta in 1999. A goal of characterizing these flares was to aid in the improved management of solution gas flaring. In total, 4499 oil and bitumen batteries reported flaring or venting with a combined gas volume of 1.42 billion m3. There was significant site-to-site variation in volumes of gas flared or vented, gas composition, and flare design. Approximately 5% of physical batteries generate 35.7% of the gas flared and vented from oil and bitumen batteries. Therefore, if one were to attempt to mitigate flaring, significant progress could be made by starting with only the largest sites. The monthly variability of gas volumes was considered because high variability could affect implementation of alternative technologies. It was found that slightly more than 40% of the sites were reasonably steady and had monthly deviations of 100% or less from the average flared volume. The variability in monthly volumes was less for the larger batteries. Data from individual well sites show significant variability in the relative concentrations of each of the major species contained in solution gas.
此处报告的信息是对1999年阿尔伯塔省火炬燃烧和放空的溶解气数据进行详细分析的结果。表征这些火炬的一个目标是有助于改进溶解气火炬燃烧的管理。总共有4499个石油和沥青电池组报告了火炬燃烧或放空情况，气体总量为14.2亿立方米。火炬燃烧或放空的气体量、气体成分和火炬设计在不同场地之间存在显著差异。约5%的实体电池组产生了石油和沥青电池组火炬燃烧和放空气体的35.7%。因此，如果有人试图减少火炬燃烧，仅从最大的场地入手就能取得显著进展。考虑了气体量的月度变化，因为高变化性可能会影响替代技术的实施。结果发现，略多于40%的场地相当稳定，月度偏差与平均火炬燃烧量相比在100%以内。较大电池组的月度气量变化较小。来自各个油井场地的数据显示，溶解气中所含各主要成分的相对浓度存在显著差异。
