Soot Blowers
Soot Blowers - the employment of these somewhat primitive
and abrasive boiler tube cleaning systems is certainly in decline and we
have an ever increasing request to replace both the lance and rotary type
sootblower units with our Sonic
Horns. The reasons given by power generation plant engineers wishing
to replace sootblowers are:-
- high purchase cost
- high maintenance costs
- indifferent performance
- cause serious tube errosion leading to expensive repair costs
Acoustic Cleaners (Sonic Horns) can be installed in either redundant steam soot blower portholes or other available hatches. Rather than wait until the end of each 8-hour shift before being operated as with soot blowers, sonic horns are 'sounded' for a few seconds at pre-determined intervals, thus preventing ash from building up in the first place. Therefore because ash is not allowed to reside on hot tube surfaces, it can not sinter and become a permanent 'insulator'. This means that with Sonic Horns installed, thermal efficiency is increased and remember, sound waves 'envelop' the entire circumference of each tube without causing any damage to tube bundles or structures.
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