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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Zeeco, Inc., Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Cody L. Little, Coweta, OK (US);
Kyle D. Jones, Coweta, OK (US);
Scot K. Smith, Tulsa, OK (US);
Andrew Beats, Sperry, OK (US);
Clayton Francis, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Erin Lee, Bartlesville, OK (US);
ZEECO, INC., Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring the status of one or more pilot flames or of the main flame in a flare system. A collimator, quartz light tube, or other receiver is positioned near the combustion zone and receives an image which is transmitted via a fiber optic line to an analyzing sensor which is located at a safe distance from the flare system. The fiber optic line preferably extends through a pilot gas line, a flame front generator line, or other protective conduit so that the fiber optic line can be cooled and purged by pilot gas, instrument air, or other cooling gas media which is continuously delivered through the conduit.