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Ignition Process for an Elevated Multipoint Flare burning Natural Gas at a rate of 300 Tones per Hours. SAS was hired to investigate...
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A "slug catcher" in a gas pipeline is a section of pipe that has been purposely "oversized" to slow down the gas velocity and allow liquid water to drop out of the gas flow. SAS was hired to...
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Case Studies
Slug Catcher Case Study
March 5, 2011 | 1:49 am
A “slug catcher” in a gas pipeline is a section of pipe that has been purposely “oversized” to slow down the gas velocity and allow liquid water to drop out of the gas flow. This arrangement is usually placed after … Continue reading
Prediction and Measurement of Multi-Tip Flare Ignition
March 5, 2011 | 1:12 am
A detailed LES based CFD analysis of an elevated flare operated by Statoil helped assess the potential safety impact caused by ignition delay. (download two videos and a PDF describing this work)! Continue reading
Development of Kinetic Based Model
January 6, 2011 | 11:10 am
Our client is fabricating and designing state-of-the-art fuel cells for industrial applications. Their technology used a catalyst to strip off hydrogen atoms from natural gas for use in the fuel cell. In order to control the process, knowledge of light-off position was critical. Continue reading
News
SAS Participates in CoalGen Panel on Cheap Gas Impact on Coal
September 2, 2012 | 4:33 pm
Joseph Smith (president, Systems Analyses and Solutions) attended the recent CoalGen conference held in Louisville, KY where he joined Grant Grothen (principal, Burns & McDonnell) and Dave Hughes (president, Global Sustainability Research) in the plenary session titled “Natural Gas: Is … Continue reading
SAS President speaks at AEP BRO Conference
September 2, 2012 | 4:14 pm
Recently, Dr. J.D. Smith attended AEP’s BRO conference in Columbus, OH where he described a recent site survey completed by SAS for AEP’s Tulsa Power Station. Part of SAS’ recommendation to AEP was to replace existing gas burners at TPS … Continue reading
Robert Jackson joins SAS
September 2, 2012 | 3:55 pm
Robert Jackson has joined SAS as a senior project engineer. Robert brings over 20 years experience in combustion related technology including coal combustion and gasification, Low NOx gas combustion and detailed chemical kinetics. Robert also has excellent process modeling skills … Continue reading