| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/N508561/1 |
| Title: |
Multistage Ejectors for Flare Gas Recovery |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hewakandamby, Dr BN |
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| Department: |
Faculty of Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
| Starts: |
01 July 2015 |
Ends: |
30 June 2016 |
Value (£): |
74,862
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The project focuses on the development of a multistage ejector for use in flare gas recovery in the oil and gas industry.
Significant levels of flare gas is released in the extraction of oil and gas. This was equivalent of 140 billion metres cube in
2011. The adoption of flare gas recovery units is dependent on a financial return as there is as yet no international
convention of flare gas emission currently enforecd. This project will explore the feasibility of using a two stage ejector
based system to compress the flare gas to a useful pressure rather than "flaring" it off. The current difficulties with this
proposed system are: i) at elevated waste gas inlet pressure to the second stage ejector, currently at elevated suction
pressure the efficiency of the ejector is reduced significantly. ii) multistage ejector systems rely on phase separation
between stages, Transvac currently does not possess the necessary information on optimal separation technology for this
application. If these issues could be overcome then the multistage system would represent a significant reduction in both
the cost of flare gas recovery system installation and operation, making the process more feasible for installation.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |