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Sonic soot blowing is cleaning of
fouled surfaces by compressed air
operated sonic soot blowers.
Sound waves sent inside boiler
Sound waves sent inside boiler
propagate in all directions and
impart energy to ash particulates Sonic soot blower Tube bundle
which fluidize and jump up from
which fluidize and jump up from
fouled surfaces to be carried away
by the flue gas stream. Flue gas stream
Cleaning is effective even deep
into tube bundles leaving no dead
corners unclean.
Sonic soot blowing cleans with time setting
Sonic soot blowing operates continuously
on‐line in successive short cycles where
cleaning effect is controlled by cycle time Cleaning with time
Cleaning with time
setting (“on” time is in seconds, and “off”
time is in minutes). On
A helpful analogy to explain is to imagine
cleaning your table once a year, or once a
month, or everyday. Of course, cleaning
the table daily requires much less effort
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to keep it spotless!
Time
Now, apply this to your boiler and clean it
say every 20 minutes, or 90 times a day
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instead of just 3 times daily.
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Clean tubes absorb more heat and reduce overheating
Cleaning 90 times daily
with sonic soot blowing
Design conditions of cleanliness
Clean tubes improve heat absorption
Heat absorbed
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from flue gas
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24 hr
Cleaning 3 times daily
More heat loss in flue gas and
tubes are prone to overheating
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What is cleaning in successive short cycles
1. It must not cause any damages to boiler
tubes even when the soot blower fails
during operation.
( sonic soot blower never damage tubes)
2. Cost of soot blowing medium must be
low and its production must not leave
ecological footprints.
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( compressed air is inexpensive)
3. Soot blowing medium must create no ill
effects at boiler exit.
(compressed air is neutral and friendly)
(compressed air is neutral and friendly)
4. Soot blowing equipment must be reliable, easy to maintain,
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and capable of full service between planned outages.
( with only one moving part, sonic soot blower is practically
maintenance free for long term operation)
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5. Soot blowing system investment must be low and payback
period must be short and realizable; and system must be
capable of being installed in new or existing boilers easily.
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(sonic soot blowing system meets these requirements)
Reducing air pollution as a side benefit
Cleaning 90 times daily
with sonic soot blowing
Levels out soot discharge
Levels out soot discharge
peaks to small batches
for easy capture or more
effective dispersion
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Cleaning 3 times daily
Soot blowing discharge peaks
Soot blowing discharge peaks
are difficult to capture or
disperse and form serious air
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polluters 3 times dailyy
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SOUND BLAST sonic products
SOUND BLAST sonic
soot blowing system is
capable of seamless
capable of seamless
integration to DCS
with industry standard
communication
communication
protocols.
Sonic soot blowers operate in clusters
Sonic soot blowers are
usually installed on boiler
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LHS and RHS in the tube
bundle service spaces and
operate in clusters to
enhance cleaning effect.
As in Cricket fields, its PA
system broadcasts through
loud speaker clusters for
clear transmission to
everyone across the field.
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Below are 2 application
cases. Constructive interference effect
Case 1: Pulp mill 195 t/h recovery boiler
This is a 195 t/h pulp mill recovery
boiler built in 1993 to fire sludge
and with steel ball cleaning system;
and with steel ball cleaning system;
it had to be shut down every 3~4
months for manual cleaning.
4 years ago, 16 units of model SB38
sonic soot blowers were installed to
operate in 4 groups. Today, the
sonic soot blowing system runs at
20 sec. “on”/ 3 min. ”off”; and steel
ball cleaning is used only twice a
week for 12 hours and boiler can
last through planned outages. The
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client is now a repeat customer.