API Std 537, Third Edition – Flare Details for Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries
API 537 specifies requirements and provides guidance for the selection, design, specification, operation, and maintenance of flares and related combustion and mechanical components used in pressurerelieving and vapor-depressurizing systems for petroleum, petrochemical, and natural gas industries. While this standard is primarily intended for onshore facilities, guidance related to offshore applications is included.
Annex A, Annex B, Annex C, and Annex D provide further guidance and best practices for the selection, specification, and mechanical details for flares and on the design, operation, and maintenance of flare combustion and related equipment.
Annex E explains how to use the datasheets provided in Annex F; it is intended that these datasheets be used to communicate and record design information.
General Product Information:
Revision | 3rd |
Document Type | |
Pages | 195 |
Document Language | English |
Publisher | American Petroleum Institute (API) |
Status | Current |
Amendments, rulings, supplements, and errata
API Std 537 Addendum 1
Addendum to Flare Details for Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries, Third Edition