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Hot oil become solid coke and plug inside coils

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Pongsagon

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Jul 11, 2007
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There is the hot oil heater for LPG fractionation plant. The air was trapped inside the coils and the hot oil inside the coils become piece of solid coke and plug inside after period of hot flue gas heating outside.
Could someone advise, how to disollve the hot oil solid coke, break it or make it smaller?
Otherwise the several coils should be cut and perform mechanical clean.
Any other engineering method to solve this problem?
Thanks for all advise.
 
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