ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,995, issued on June 24, was assigned to Baker Hughes Holdings LLC (Houston).
"Emission monitoring and control of flare systems" was invented by Anan Wang (Billerica, Mass.), Chong Tao (Billerica, Mass.) and Aniruddha Weling (Wayland, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a method of controlling flaring of a combustion gas including a flare gas, a supplemental fuel gas, and an assist gas is provided. Models estimating, based on flow rates and in-situ speed of sound measurements in the gases, net heating value of the combustion gas within a flare combustion zone, combustion efficiency of the combustion gas, and smoke y...