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Title: Heat treatment of exchangers to remove coke

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7017203

This patent describes a process for preparing furfural coke for removal from metallic surfaces. It comprises: heating the furfural coke without causing an evolution of heat capable of undesirably altering metallurgical properties of the surfaces in the presence of a gas containing molecular oxygen at a sufficient temperature below 800{degrees}F (427{degrees}C) for a sufficient time to change the crush strength of the coke so as to permit removal with a water jet at a pressure of five thousand pounds per square inch.

Assignee:
Ashland Oil, Inc., Ashland, KY
Patent Number(s):
US 4902403; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-262182A
OSTI ID:
7017203
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 20 Oct 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English