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International Flare Consortium (IFC)
 The International Flare Consortium (IFC) was formed to address the gaps in science with respect to emissions from flares and to establish best practices. The landmark studies of the 1980s provided much useful information but did not account for the effect of wind. More recent wind-tunnel work in Canada was limited to simple production flares. To date there is no systematic study of the effect of fuel composition on performance of flares.
The goals of the IFC are:
- Provide emission factors for production and refinery flares, including the effect of steam rate, composition and flow rate of fuel, and wind speed.
- Establish optimal operating conditions, maximizing combustion efficiency and minimizing pollutant emissions.
- Set operating envelope outside of which flares should not be operated.
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