Case Study: CS146

DReeM Polymer™ – Significant performance improvement

of a low-pressure system
Enhanced boiler efficiency and reduction of CO2 emission

Boiler -1% -15%

efficiency
CO2 emmission Exhaust gas
improvement reduction temperature

1. Keywords 3. System description

Boiler water, small once-through boiler, DReeM

Type of industry Laundry
Polymer™, scale removal, scale prevention,
efficiency improvement Type of boiler Small once-through
2. Background Make-up water Softened
An important Japanese laundry uses several Feedwater temp. 70 °C
small size once-through boilers for its steam
supply. The make-up water is prepared by raw Pressure 9 bar
water softening. Due to malfunction of the
softener hardness ingress into the feed water Steam production 2 t/h
occurs regularly. Traditional treatment programs
and scale preventive technologies failed under Blow-down rate 8%
these severe conditions. Scale formation with
more than 0.5 mm thickness has been observed Operation time 12 h/d
on the inner system surface of the entire tubes
which led to significant boiler efficiency loss.
As a solution, Kurita applied the patented DReeM Flow scheme of the boiler system
Polymer™ Technology for prevention and
removal of scale during normal operation of the
boiler.

Main components of the scale have been

analyzed as followed:

Component Weight percent

Calcium oxide 30 %
4. Objectives
Acid-insoluble matter 22 %
 Remove scale during normal system
Phosphate 20 % operation (online cleaning)
 Improve boiler efficiency
Magnesium oxide 10 %
 Treatment to prevent scale formation
Iron oxide 4%  Avoid any risk of corrosion

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 CASE STUDY – CS146 DReeM Polymer™ – Significant performance
improvement of a low pressure system

5. Action/Approach
Comparison of boiler exhaust
The boiler water treatment has been changed to
Temperatures °C
a treatment concept based on DReeM Polymer™
Technology (dosed with a concentration of
150ppm to feed water). The key performance conventional treatment Dreem PolymerTM
indicators (KPI’s) - visual scale thickness and 210
exhaust gas temperature - have been evaluated
205
over 9 months to demonstrate the treatment
success and system improvements. 200

192
195
6. Achievements 190
185
 The scale has been removed almost 180
completely within 6 months TEMPERATURE
 Exhaust gas temperature has been reduced
by 15 °C
 Boiler efficiency has been improved by 1 % 7. Conclusions
 Annual energy savings of 2,342 Nm³ gas have
been demonstrated, leading to savings of app. The application of Kurita’s DReeM Polymer™
14,000$ Technology has solved the technical problems
 Total CO2 amount is reduced by app 1% regarding scale formation on heated surfaces.

Based on these technical improvements

Scale removal after 6 months economical savings of 14,000$ have been
realized.

Now the customer can operate his boiler with an

Conventional improved efficiency and saves costs for energy.
treatment

DReeM
Polymer™

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