Windshield

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Device used to protect the downwind side of an elevated flare burner from direct flame impingement.

NOTE: Windshields are also integral to the design of pilots to avoid flame-outs due to high winds.

Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standards

Device used to protect the outside of a flare burner from direct flame impingement.

NOTE: The windshield is so named because external flame impingement occurs on the downwind side of an elevated flare burner.

Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Fifth Edition, January 2007 (Addendum May 2008). Global Standards

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