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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Rudolph Ockert Minnie, Mosselbay, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rudolph Ockert Minnie, Mosselbay, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Petroleum Oil & Gas Corporation of South Africa (Pty)Ltd, Cape Town, ZA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 37/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method for removing salt deposits from waste heat boilers in a reformer train. The method includes the steps of producing a fluid stream which includes steam from a reformer and flowing to waste heat boilers, and controlling the temperature and pressure of the fluid stream to reach a temperature in the waste heat boilers of below or equal to the salt deposit saturation point of the steam in the fluid stream.