Flare and Pressure Relief Systems Training Course

Name: Flare and Pressure Relief Systems Assurance Training Course
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Develop defensible relief-system decisions across overpressure scenarios, flare networks, equipment condition, operations, and change control.

Flare and Pressure Relief Systems Training Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Prague, Montreux, Istanbul, Geneva, London, Seoul and more
Next session: 9 – 13 November 2026, Prague
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Flare and Pressure Relief Systems Assurance Training Course is a one-week advanced course for process safety engineers, operations and maintenance personnel, relief-system specialists, and technical managers who leave with a Flare and Relief Assurance File. Participants connect overpressure scenarios, relief loads, network hydraulics, knockout drums, flare combustion, equipment integrity, operating limits, troubleshooting, and change control across the system lifecycle. Agile Leaders Training Center presents flare and pressure relief systems assurance as a process-safety engineering discipline.

Who Should Attend

Functions responsible for pressure-relief design basis and scenario governance
Teams responsible for flare-network operation and performance
Personnel responsible for relief-device and disposal-system mechanical integrity
Functions responsible for process-safety reviews and management of change
Technical managers responsible for relief-system risk and lifecycle decisions

The course assumes participants already work with process engineering, operations, maintenance, inspection, or process safety, and it leaves out introductory thermodynamics, engineering licensure, and equipment certification.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that manage pressure-relief and flare-system performance.

Process engineering, process safety, and technical assurance functions
Operations, maintenance, inspection, and reliability departments
Refining, petrochemical, gas processing, and LNG facilities
Oil and gas production, terminals, and storage operations
Engineering contractors, equipment suppliers, and asset-integrity teams

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze overpressure scenarios and relief-system design basis
Evaluate relief loads, device selection, and disposal paths
Apply flare-header and knockout-drum hydraulic checks
Diagnose combustion, operating, and mechanical-integrity problems
Prioritize safeguards, inspection findings, and change decisions
Build a lifecycle assurance and troubleshooting file

Course Agenda

Day 1: Relief System Design Basis

API 520 Relief Device Selection Framework
API 521 Overpressure Scenario Register
Relief-System Design Basis Document Map
Protected Equipment and Disposal Path Matrix
Relief Scenario Credibility Review Method

Day 2: Loads and Network Hydraulics

Individual Relief Load Calculation Sheet
Simultaneous Scenario Load Combination Matrix
Flare Header Backpressure Hydraulic Profile
Inlet and Outlet Pressure-Loss Check
Knockout Drum Capacity and Liquid-Handling Screen

Day 3: Flare Equipment and Combustion

API 537 Flare Equipment Configuration Map
Seal, Purge, and Flashback Protection Checklist
Ignition and Flame Detection Reliability Test
Heating Value and Combustion Performance Envelope
Radiation, Noise, Smoke, and Dispersion Review

Day 4: Integrity and Operational Assurance

Relief Device Inspection and Test Register
Flare Availability and Operating Limit Dashboard
Failure Mode and Troubleshooting Decision Tree
Management of Change Impact Review
Relief-System Deviation and Risk Action Log

Day 5: Flare and Relief Practice

Exercise: Overpressure Scenario Challenge
Exercise: Relief Load and Header Review
Exercise: Flare Performance Diagnosis
Exercise: Mechanical Integrity and Change Evaluation
Capstone Exercise: Flare and Relief Assurance File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities drawn from refineries, gas-processing plants, petrochemical units, and storage terminals.

Suggested activity: build an overpressure scenario register and trace each credible case to its protected equipment, relief device, and disposal route.
Suggested activity: review relief loads, simultaneous cases, backpressure, header constraints, and knockout-drum liquid handling for a process unit.
Suggested activity: diagnose poor flare performance using gas properties, operating data, ignition status, assist media, smoke, and equipment condition.
Suggested activity: assemble an assurance file linking design basis, inspection history, operating limits, deviations, changes, and risk actions.

FAQs

What is flare and pressure relief systems assurance?

Flare and pressure relief systems assurance connects design basis, credible overpressure scenarios, relief loads, disposal-network capacity, flare performance, equipment integrity, operating controls, and change management.

Who suits flare and pressure relief systems training, and what does it assume?

Flare and pressure relief systems training suits experienced process safety, engineering, operations, maintenance, inspection, and reliability personnel who already work with process equipment or protective systems.

How does flare and pressure relief systems training differ from relief-valve sizing training?

Flare and pressure relief systems training examines the whole protective path and lifecycle, while relief-valve sizing training concentrates mainly on device capacity and selection for defined cases.

How are flare-system hydraulic constraints evaluated?

Flare-system hydraulic constraints are evaluated by linking credible loads, simultaneous scenarios, inlet and outlet losses, header backpressure, knockout-drum performance, disposal capacity, and equipment operating limits.

How should flare and relief-system integrity problems be managed?

Integrity problems should be managed through defined inspection and testing, condition evidence, failure analysis, risk-based actions, operating safeguards, change review, accountable ownership, and verified closeout.

Conclusion

The course integrates relief scenarios, load determination, network hydraulics, flare equipment, combustion performance, mechanical integrity, operations, and change control. Participants take back a Flare and Relief Assurance File containing registers, matrices, calculation sheets, checklists, profiles, decision trees, and action logs. The file changes how their organizations govern relief-system risk across the asset lifecycle.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Frequently asked questions

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OverviewFlare and Pressure Relief Systems Assurance Training Course is a one-week advanced course for process safety engineers, operations and maintenance personnel, relief-system specialists, and technical managers who leave with a Flare and Relief Assurance File. Participants connect overpressure scenarios, relief loads, network hydraulics, knockout dru…

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Flare and Pressure Relief Systems Training Course