s72018 Best Practices in Clearing Internal Surfaces of High Pressure Boilers ‘essenical zon pwatce SlucalEooen + SechenlEpetng * Chctel Emineiog 1 ates cone 1 Comme Aslesoos + pn betacaos 1 Rae Daur ene + Marne Enonescna aie Eaisson uenasi. 8 Ste Sens tendarneefsheoy on Cleaning High Pressure Boiler Internal Surfaces High pressure boilers need very clean inter surfaces. The pre-commissionng cleaning inves Alla bol out to remove any oly matrals, Acid Cleaning ocean up ml scales and Steam ‘lowing to clea superbestr,rheatr, and piping. Pos-commitioning cleaning is specifi to each boise igh pressure boilers are designed to produce steam at specified quay Improper steam quality a lead to tube fulresn the boiler, 5 well as turbine bade dateage, resulting in large avaiabiity Toss The cleaning of intra! surace of high pressure boiler ea be grouped int vo main mothod, tne pre-commsstoning an the other postcommssoning cleaning. Pre-commissioing cleaning During manufacturing of seamless steel bes, «quantity of mil seals sre bound be formed and ‘some ofthese can remain inside. Daring fabrication ad eestion ofthe pressure pas, some arpoust ‘foi and prease can alo get into the tube surface apt fom the weld slg and other materia “Taking all of tose nfo consideration, the pre-sommissioning cleaning has three major stops ‘© Alkali oil out - hich is fo removing th land grease From the internal sufce. © Aci cleaning for removing the ml scale nthe intral surface, Hoth ai cleaning en alkal ‘oi-ou are done for ll water-touched surface. ‘Sica blowing - Inthe ease of supe heaters, reacaters, and steam pipes, they are cleaned by steam Blowing Alkali boi-out ‘This operation in boilers is taken up afer hyd esting ofthe oilers compleed and the oil burners are commissioned. Alkaline Mush s cased out before the Boilers taken for elk bil ut risa practice o mechasically remove the oil and grease wherever posse. The dum atersals are insted before stat of aia Boil ou. Normally sd:um carbonate a sodium posphate m2 fsa quanity along witha detergent to about 0.05 to 0.!% by volume ae used for alka bilo. [Afr the boil out solution is added the drum levels checked though a gauge glass and confined before fring the Bose. Te Biles brought 0 20 kl square in about 8 hours ime Keeping mind the ae of pressure aise and emperature raise ellowed fr cold startup. The dru level ‘maintained at normal level during this operation. After abou ou: hours at pressure, the fie is hut ‘doors andthe boiler is ellowed to cool, This ensures the sludge settle down and the oiler blow down iscarned out using the bottom dain. Care shouldbe taker t maintain the drums water level with i the visible range of gauge glass, Tha operation i done forfour tines toa total of about 16 hous, Solution samples ar takes at epularimte-vals, and if the orginal concerti drops to half oF ‘below, chemicals ae aed to bring back the concetaon. The oiler then drained fer the damn metal temperature is below 90 degree . The boiler is then rinsed with clea rinse water and fushed. Acid cleaning May methods are used by diferent oiler makers to clean the mill cle and rust inside the rbe Surface Is very important tha this petation sctred out by an experienced and rliable agen. “The methods used are circulating aid method ard soaking method, hits: brghthubenginsering.com/powerplants/37629-cleaning-high-pressure-bolle-ntemab surfaces! 18si72018 Best Practices in Clearing Internal Surfaces of High Pressure Boilers Inthe eate ofthe ctculating method, extemal acid cleaning pumps ae use to Keep the acid in cirulation. However inthe case of soaking method the acd kept stationary for a specified time May combinations of acids ae used for this purpose. The most popular acid is 5% bydroclore ‘acid with inibtors that aze used to mbibit the action of acd the cleaned surface ofthe ube. Te Superbester tubes shouldbe plugged ard water Filled and mniined under positive presse so that ‘the acid vapors do not enter the tube surface. The boiler is drsineg under nogen t& postive ‘pressure tht need to protect she incr Virgin sefce, The sludge rvaing (rom mil scales lin rst will have tobe flashed from the bottom headers. The boiler then goes though passivation operation to ensure a proietve layer formation inside the ube sures ‘Steam blowing Stcam blowing is used wo clean the super heater oils andthe stcam pipes like main steam and reheater pipes. There ae two methods used for steam bowing: continous blowing and intermittent ‘lowing. tn bot asc, the idea isto ctete a disturbatice onthe surface ofthe tube or pipe wel above that is possible ding the peak load operation ofthe boiler. [is sen that at a pressre of ‘ound 40 ky em squued, the internal surface ofthe super heater and steam pipes at subjected to ‘suet a dsusbance that any loosely adhering materials dislodged when the ea is allowed to blow tutto the aotephece The completion of tears blowing is declared i te target plate of turbine blade material kept a the predefined pont is fre ror ny indenttion is within lowed mts, To complete the steams blowing Ia super bat, rete, steam pipes, ee, ter bowing is done in ‘ore than ome stg, Post-operatonal cleaning During operation boilers aceumulate deposits aside the tube surface depending upon the quality of ‘water chemistry maintained, Once the bolers have operated for about ive years then itis 8 g008 practice to tak tube samples fom the igh hea Mux ein and evaluate Gem for intcral epost ‘Tho samples retaken fro all he four walls ofthe bote fama walls and ested forthe emount of {zpos andthe chemistry of deposit The deposit quant is above 0 mgm squared then the tubes termed diy and acid leaning is recommended. The typeof acid to be used fr cleaning will Akepend upon the chemistry and adherence of the deposits othe tube surface. Ith deposit contains ‘copper ftom the pr-bole system, dn this bas toe ist removed. The other ingredients of te epost ae removed subsequent. Hee the post operational cleaning can have few stages of acid ‘leasing To decide tis, tube samples taken ate sujoctd toa cleaning isin he lb using the actual eid tempertre tie and sage planned tthe sit, sed on the rele ofthe cleaning he lb fd fesul thre achieved, the faa secommenation is gies othe bole weet Related Articles on thie Site hits: brghthubenginsering.com/powerplants/37629-cleaning-high-pressure-bolle-ntemab surfaces! 218si72018 Best Practices in Clearing Internal Surfaces of High Pressure Boilers SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW: RELATED TOPICS: : rag Pere Fuaecrane yer anutcairgTshroay Tweets oy ge “ew Pn Engrg asin Tus ae nsoee by eres wt eincngnsna toroneers on BH Engineering {DEH Eraeerng ip dolls: STEM vs. Spars. 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