The cleaning of industrial process equipment is essential to obtain maximum operating efficiency and reduce maintenance expense. One refinery with a crude oil capacity of 150,000 B/D found it could save $250,000/yr. in fuel costs if it could effect a pick up of only one additional degree of temperature in all of its heat exchange equipment. Where fouling deposits cannot be prevented from accumulating they must be periodically removed as completely and as economically as possible.
Subject
Acids,
Water,
Sand,
Valves,
Tubes,
Refrigeration,
Condensers,
Feedwater,
Cooling systems,
Heat,
Equipment,
Boilers,
Cleaning
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1973
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