Patent ID: 7677882

Claim:
A flare system for burning waste fuel comprising: (a) a central flare stack member adapted for connection with an air supply at a first end; (b) a plurality of fuel paths for conducting a waste fuel to an outlet at a second end of the central flare stack member, wherein the fuel paths include an air ring assembly including a ring tube substantially centered above the second end of the central flare stack member and below an ignitor, the ring tube having multiple fuel dispersing structures positioned to disperse the waste fuel toward the vertical axis of the central flare stack member; (c) the ignitor positioned proximal the second end of the central flare stack member; and (d) a manifold having a waste fuel inlet end adapted for connection to a waste fuel source, wherein the manifold selectably connects the waste fuel source with one of the fuel paths, and an accelerator fuel inlet end adapted for connection to an accelerator fuel source, wherein the manifold selectably connects the accelerator fuel source to one of the fuel paths.