Fired Heaters White Smoke

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Fired Heaters White Smoke

Inchtain (Petroleum)

(OP)

20 Apr 21 14:24

Hello,

Is there anyone know the common causes of noticing white smoke coming from the exhaust of a vertical fired crude oil heater that has both combustion and convention chambers, with three burners working with gas or oil?

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LittleInch (Petroleum) · Answer 1 · 2021-04-20 15:39:08

Water in the oil?

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Inchtain (Petroleum) · Answer 2 · 2021-04-20 17:05:24

Does that mean probability of coil tube leak?

LittleInch (Petroleum) · Answer 3 · 2021-04-20 17:34:51

Maybe or maybe your fuel is contaminated.

White smoke out of your car exhaust is typically caused by a cylinder head gasket leaking coolant into your cylinders.

Same thing here.

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0707 (Petroleum) · Answer 4 · 2021-04-21 12:23:50

If you have a steam coil in the convecction maybe a leak in the coil has happenned.

luis

Inchtain (Petroleum) · Answer 5 · 2021-04-22 16:55:04

RE: Fired Heaters White Smoke

Inchtain (Petroleum)

(OP)

22 Apr 21 16:55

What about if the smoke was black??

MJCronin (Mechanical) · Answer 6 · 2021-04-22 18:32:04

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MJCronin
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TBP (Mechanical) · Answer 7 · 2021-04-22 19:29:41

If the smoke was black I'd guess that you're leaking oil into the fired side of the heater.

LittleInch (Petroleum) · Answer 8 · 2021-04-22 20:27:40

Black smoke is simply incomplete combustion. Many sources of that. Too much fuel, not enough oxygen. Could be the burners or fuel or a leak of something into the heater.

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0707 (Petroleum) · Answer 9 · 2021-04-27 15:30:06

Inchtain what obout if the smoke is yelow?
Good joke MJCronin!

luis

horacio Torres (Chemical) · Answer 10 · 2021-04-27 23:48:26

If there is a convection recovery heat , be sure that a steam leaking is in the tube coil-. If has not steam coil, you had oil contaminated with water

horacio

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