Patent ID: 11946694
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 9, where cleaning the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler comprises:
modifying a flow rate of a hot oil stream introduced into a tube-side of the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler from the first hot oil flow rate to the second hot oil flow rate such that the pre-cleaning overhead temperature is modified to the first overhead temperature, the first overhead temperature having a value in the range from the first temperature to the second temperature;
modifying a flow rate of a condensate hydrocarbon stream introduced into a shell-side of the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler from the first condensate flow rate to the second condensate flow rate;
maintaining the operation of the condensate stabilizer system until the value of an overhead temperature of the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler is detected to have been modified from the first overhead temperature to a second overhead temperature;
modifying the flow rate of the condensate hydrocarbon stream introduced into the shell-side of the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler from the second condensate flow rate to the first condensate flow rate;
modifying the flow rate of the hot oil stream introduced into the tube-side of the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler from the second hot oil flow rate to the first hot oil flow rate such that the value of the overhead temperature of the second condensate thermosyphon reboiler is modified from the second overhead temperature to the post-cleaning overhead temperature where the post-cleaning overhead temperature is less than the pre-cleaning overhead temperature.