Patent ID: 9423126
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: F23G,F23J,F23N

Claim Text:
1. A computer program product for controlling a formation of volatile organic compounds from gases using an emission control flare stack with a controller having a processor and data storage connected to a network, wherein the emission control flare stack has: a shell with an inlet gas intake and an oxygen/air intake, a gas flow meter connected to the controller, an inlet gas regulator connected to the controller, an oxygen/air flow meter connected to the controller, an oxygen/air regulator connected to the controller, a burner with at least one igniter connected to the controller, a temperature sensor post burner connected to the controller, a plurality of cooling and heating tubes connected to the controller, a neutralization solution regulator connected to the controller, and an emissions sensor connected to the controller, wherein the computer program product comprises: a. a library of preset limits comprising: tables of gas content, oxygen/air content, temperatures, and neutralization solution content to produce emissions with volatile organic compound content that does not exceed the limits set in the 40 CFR part 63, effective 2015; b. computer instructions for receiving sensed gas flow rates of a gas flowing into the shell; c. computer instructions for comparing sensed gas flow rates into the shell to preset limits using the library of preset limits forming compared gas flow rates; d. computer instructions for increasing, decreasing or stopping gas flow rates into the shell using a gas regulator and the compared gas flow rates; e. computer instructions for receiving the sensed oxygen/air flow rates of oxygen/air flowing into the shell forming sensed oxygen/air flow rates; f. computer instructions for comparing the sensed oxygen/air flow rates to preset limits in the library of preset limits forming compared oxygen/air flow rates; g. computer instructions for increasing, decreasing or stopping oxygen/air flow rates into the shell using an oxygen/air regulator and the compared oxygen/air flow rates; h. computer instructions for actuating or stopping an igniter of a burner to burn off undesirable components in the gas in the shell forming an intermediate gas; i. computer instructions for receiving sensing temperatures of the intermediate gas; j. computer instructions for comparing sensed temperatures of the intermediate gas with preset limits in the library of preset limits forming a compared temperature; k. computer instructions for increasing or decreasing intermediate gas temperature using the compared temperature of the intermediate gas and controlling temperature to a plurality of cooling and heating tubes in the shell forming a temperature controlled emission; l. computer instructions for receiving detected volatile organic compound concentration in an emission from the shell; m. computer instructions for comparing the detected volatile organic compound concentration to preset limits in the library of preset limits forming a compared volatile organic compound value; n. computer instructions for increasing, or decreasing introduction of a neutralization solution into the temperature controlled emission using the compared volatile organic compound value; and o. computer instructions to transmit the detected volatile organic compound concentration either on demand or at preset intervals to an administrative server, a cloud computing processor and cloud computing data storage, at least one client device, and combinations thereof via the network providing information on volatile organic compound formation in an emission enabling users to take action when volatile organic compound formation exceeds limit identified in 40 CFR part 63, effective 2015.