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Amine Regenerator vertical thermosyphon reboiler not flowing properly

Thread starter kalinjm
Start date Aug 17, 2006

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Aug 17, 2006

kalinjm

Chemical

We have a thermosyphon reboiler on our amine regenerator that has not been flowing properly since turn around. The bottom sump of the regenerator has a auxiliary baffle and a preferential baffle. In fig 19-37 of the GPSA manual, it is baffle orientation b. We think it might be pluggage, but we can't conclusively verify that. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this problem, any ideas how to conclusively verify pluggage, or any other potential causes?

Thanks