Flaring optimization responsive to wind conditions

1 . A method comprising:

receiving wind conditions data;

determining a control action to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data, wherein the determining the control action comprises:

performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flaring operation using the wind conditions data;

determining one or more respective concentrations of one or more combustion constituents relative to the site based on the CFD simulation;

determining an optimal flare tip size and orientation based on the one or more respective concentrations of the one or more combustion constituents; and

identifying the control action based on the optimal flare tip size and orientation; and

issuing the control action to control the flaring operation.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wind conditions data comprises wind conditions data for the site.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control action controls the optimal flare tip size and orientation.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control action controls a burner boom.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control action controls fluid flow via one or more of multiple fluid lines.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control action controls fluid flow to one or more of different fluid lines, wherein the different fluid lines comprise different cross-sectional areas.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein, for a low fluid flow condition, the control action controls the fluid flow to flow to a smaller cross-sectional area fluid line.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control action controls fluid flow to one or more separators.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the one or more separators separates liquid from the fluid flow to increase flow of gas.

10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising evaluating the control action prior to the issuing.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the evaluating comprises performing an additional CFD simulation.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more combustion constituents comprise sulfur dioxide, one or more nitrogen oxides, or any combination thereof.

13 . A system comprising:

a flaring optimization computational framework comprising a processor and a memory that generates one or more control actions responsive to wind conditions data, wherein the flaring optimization computational framework is configured to:

receive the wind conditions data;

determine the one or more control actions to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data by:

performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flaring operation using the wind conditions data;

determining one or more respective concentrations of one or more combustion constituents relative to the site based on the CFD simulation;

determining an optimal flare tip size and orientation based on the one or more respective concentrations of the one or more combustion constituents; and

identifying the one or more control actions based on the optimal flare tip size and orientation; and

a flaring control unit controllable by the one or more control actions.

14 . One or more computer-readable storage media comprising processor-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to:

receive wind conditions data;

determine a control action to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data, wherein the determining the control action comprises:

performing a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flaring operation using the wind conditions data;

determining one or more respective concentrations of one or more combustion constituents relative to the site based on the CFD simulation, wherein the one or more combustion constituents comprise sulfur dioxide, one or more nitrogen oxides, or any combination thereof;

determining an optimal flare tip size and orientation based on the one or more respective concentrations of the one or more combustion constituents; and

identifying the control action based on the optimal flare tip size and orientation; and

issue the control action to control the flaring operation.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more combustion constituents comprise sulfur dioxide, one or more nitrogen oxides, or any combination thereof.