[MacIntoShiba]

At my company one of our products (a sorption machine) is contaminated with a mineral (cutting) oil. The sorption machine consists of a condensor/evaporator and a sorption material, these components are contained by a vacuum tight stainless steel housing. Therefore we cannot reach the interior and clean it for example with water and soap.

One method that comes to mind is to fill the bottom of the stainless steel housing through the vacuum connection. Flush the alcohol around and then remove the alcohol along with the disolved oil. Then vacuum out the excess alcohol from the system.

However I wonder if there is a compound which breaks the oil for example into CO2 and H2O at a temperature below 100 degree Celcius and which does not eat away the stainless steel and/or copper. Afterward we would like to get rid of this compound (because of outgassing) by vacuuming out or flushing with water.