Crude Stabilizers Water Wash
Crude Stabilizers Water Wash
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For Oil crude stabilizers, I noticed they undergo water wash process once the column and associated HX performance degrade.
My question; Is water wash a common practice in industry and is there an alternative method for elongating the column performance performance like chemical cleaning and so on?
My question; Is water wash a common practice in industry and is there an alternative method for elongating the column performance performance like chemical cleaning and so on?





RE: Crude Stabilizers Water Wash
RE: Crude Stabilizers Water Wash
There is a patent by Betz that proposes to remove salts from fresh crude oil w/o the need of using fresh water which might interest you, see:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6159374.html