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The pyrolysis of paraffinic feedstocks to produce olefins in the steam—cracking process is accompanied by the formation of tars and “coke”, which accumulate on the reactor walls. As a result, the pressure drop increases and the heat transfer accross the wall decreases. To maintain the heat flux, tube skin temperature must be increased, but eventually the process has to be stopped and the surfaces decoked, by gasification of the carbonaceous deposits (1).
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Figueiredo, J.L., Pinto, M.L.G.M. (1988). Carbon Deposition in Steam-Cracking. In: Melo, L.F., Bott, T.R., Bernardo, C.A. (eds) Fouling Science and Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 145. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2813-8_29
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