Online Furnace & Boiler Cleaning

Refinery and petrochemical plant furnaces or utility boilers that fire fossil fuels are usually prone to some degree of fouling on the fireside. The heavier or ‘dirtier’ the fuel, the more severe the degree of fouling experienced. Fouling fuels include:

Coal
Lignite
Heavy Fuel Oil
Vacuum Tar Residues
Syncrude
Biomass
Sour Gasses

The fouling that is generated from the burning of these fuels tends to deposit in all areas along the flue gas path including:

Combustion chamber
Convection bank or Superheaters
Economisers
Air-Preheaters
Waste Heat Boilers
Ducting

The Therma-Chem Online Cleaning Solution

For over 30 years, Therma-Chem UK have developed a novel set of online fire side cleaning solutions, designed to work on all types of process furnaces and boilers burning heavy oil, coal, sour gas or even bio fuels. The cleaning process generally requires the chemical to be injected into the combustion chamber of the effected system using a propriety chemical and injection system.

The chemical works by reacting with the existing hard deposits and foulants on the tubes and reduces them to soft powdery ash allowing units to maintain higher thermal-efficiencies during the run as well as to recover boiler or furnace capacity if it was limited by fouling.

The chemical also neutralises the sulphur deposits on the cold end of the flue gas path preventing cold end corrosion and eases man entry during a maintenance or inspection shutdown.

Chemical Injections Into a Coal-Fired Power Plant Boiler

Benefits of the Therma-Chem Online Cleaning System

Furnaces are cleaned Online - NO shutdowns or slowdowns required during injections
Reduces fouling in various parts of the system - No direct line of sight required towards the problem area.
Improves heat transfer by reducing and removing the surface foulants hence improving overall furnace or boiler efficiency
Prevents throughput or load reduction due to fouling
Better flue gas circulation through the system
Reduces high temperature metallic (vanadium/nickel) corrosion
Inhibits sulphuric acid (cold end) corrosion
Reduces air pollution or acid smutting

Application of Therma-Chem

Over the years, Therma-Chem has successfully treated hundreds of plants and units globally and have experience with virtually most fossil fuel fired Systems Including:

Crude and Vacuum Distillation Furnaces
Platformer and Reformer Furnaces
Thermal Cracker or Visbreaker Furnaces
Hot Oil Furnaces
Utility Boilers
Power Plant Boilers
Chain Grate Coal Boilers
Pulverized Fuel Coal Boilers
Marine Boilers
Waste Heat Boilers
CO Boilers
Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking Furnaces

Super heater tubes in a coal fired boiler before Therma-Chem treatment

Radiant section tubes before Therma-Chem treatment in a fuel oil-fired furnace

Economiser fin tube fouling in a marine boiler firing heavy fuel oil before Therma-Chem treatment

After Therma-Chem treatment. Volume of deposits significantly reduced

After Therma-Chem treatment in the same fuel oil fired furnace. Volume and nature of deposit chemically altered making it brittle and easily removable

Economiser fin tubes in the same marine boiler after Therma-Chem treatment

Environmentally Certified

Therma-Chems technology is UN Certified and is an approved technology as per the Kyoto protocol in reducing green house gas emissions (via boiler energy efficiency improvement) and is eligible for CDM projects. This can be applied for on a case by case basis.

Local Service with Global Expertise

KLAY EnerSol is the exclusive distributor and technical service provider for Therma-Chem in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, The Philippines, and Pakistan. We have a team of highly trained specialists who can advise and mobilize on short notice if required. Feel free to Contact Us for more information.