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MOST PREVALANT WORLD-WIDE STANDARD
FLARE STACK VALUES
OBSERVABLE DESCRIPTION METER READING VALUE mA OUTPUT VALUE
(best seen at night)
PILOT FLAME ONLY
Blue pilots only 0.2 6mA
Blue plume 0.3 10mA
Prevailing blue flame with 0.5 12mA
occasional faint orange
Intermittent light orange 0.6-0.7 13-14mA
flame with puffs of light smoke
FLARING GAS
Continuous orange with smoke 0.7-0.81 14-17mA
Intense orange w/heavy smoke 0.80-1.0+ 18-20mA
Figure 13: Flare Stack Values
Note: The values presented above are for reference only. Actual values may differ
due to the wide variety of installations possible with this instrument.
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