SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPURITY REMOVAL FROM CARGO TANKS OF VESSELS THAT STORE AND TRANSPORT HYDROCARBONS

A process to remove impurities from a surface of a cargo tank of a vessel used to transport liquid hydrocarbons includes using an active chemical solution to dissolve at least a portion of the impurities or the matrix in which they are embedded deposited n the surface of the cargo tank. The process...

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Hauptverfasser: Hoelen, Thomas Peter, Mushtaq, Shaik Mohammed, Dassey, Adam James, Ramachandran, Manoj
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A process to remove impurities from a surface of a cargo tank of a vessel used to transport liquid hydrocarbons includes using an active chemical solution to dissolve at least a portion of the impurities or the matrix in which they are embedded deposited n the surface of the cargo tank. The process also includes allowing the active chemical solution to subsequently remove embedded impurities from the surface.