Installer
HydroFLOW West Inc. - HydroFLOW Master Distributor in the US Pacific.
Customer
Chemical Plant in Wapato, Washington, USA.
Application
600 HP and 700 HP low pressure diesel steam boilers.
Installed units
One HydroFLOW 60i unit was installed on the water line, after the softener, which provides make-up water to the DA tank. Two HydroFLOW 60i units were installed on the incoming water line feeding each steam boiler.
Water source
Well water with a hardness of approximately 200PPM of calcium carbonate. Note: The water softener reduces the hardness to around 80PPM.
Chemicals
Anti-scalant, anti-corrosive and iron inhibitor chemicals.
Background
Due to excessive lime scale accumulation, the diesel steam boilers were on the verge of being decommissioned for a week in order to be acid cleaned; a process which typically costs over $15,000. In addition, there was a strong possibility the steam boilers required replacement ($350K each). The head of maintenance decided to evaluate HydroFLOW’s ability to clean the steam boilers and possibly avoid acid cleaning.
Success factor
Remove scale deposits from the steam boilers, DA tank and pipes without the need to acid clean and lose a week’s worth of production time.
Results
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