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Secondary flare

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025002

Flare in a cascaded flare system that provides additional flare capacity and pressure relief to a flare gas system when the flare gas flow exceeds the capacity of the primary flare. For purposes of this subpart, a secondary flare is characterized by infrequent use and must maintain a water seal.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025002
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
References40 CFR 60.101a (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025002",
  "term": "Secondary flare",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Secondary Flare",
  "definition": "Flare in a cascaded flare system that provides additional flare capacity and pressure relief to a flare gas system when the flare gas flow exceeds the capacity of the primary flare. For purposes of this subpart, a secondary flare is characterized by infrequent use and must maintain a water seal.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.101a (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/secondary-flare/"
}

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