1057results about "Flush cleaning" patented technology

On-Line and Off-Line methods of simultaneously cleaning and disinfecting an industrial water system are described and claimed. The methods involve the addition to the water of the industrial water system of a Compound selected from the group consisting of the alkali salts of chlorite and chlorate and mixtures thereof; and an acid, followed by allowing the water in the industrial water system to circulate for several hours. The reaction of the alkali salts of chlorite and chlorate and acid produces chlorine dioxide in-situ in the water of the industrial water system. The chlorine dioxide kills microorganisms and the acid acts to remove deposits upon the water-contact surfaces of the equipment. An alternative method involves the use of a chelating agent and a biocide. Other possible cleaning and disinfection reagents may be added as needed including corrosion inhibitors, chelating agents, biocides, surfactants and reducing agents. These cleaning and disinfecting methods work in a variety of industrial water systems including cooling water and boiler water systems.

A device of intensified heat exchange and automatic descaling in dual turbulation screw type includes screw tube, screw tie, connection rod, fixing frame and rotary rod as small end of the rotary rod sheathed into hole at exle liquid input end of fixing frame to form rotation cooperation, end point of small end of the rotary rod to be connected by connecting piece in hinge joint with end point of one end of the screw tie, the screw tube with external circle and intermediate internal hole being all the straight tube of screw shape and two end parts being round tube shape to be set on external cylindrical surface of cylinder shape end of the fixing frame. The present invention uses technique of combining the screw tube with the screw tie to bring the screw tie to rotate by flowing of fluid in the screw tube to make no fouling within the tube and heat conduction face can carry on desaling automatically under the dual turbulation of the screw tube and tie to enhance more the efficiency of heat exchange.

The invention discloses a method for decaling phosphoric acid concentration heat exchanger, namely a technique of adopting a washing-liquor composed of thin fluosilicic acid solution, organic phosphonic acid sustained-releasing agent and film forming matter and firstly washing the heat exchanger with water and then washing out the foul with the washing liquor. In the washing liquor, the fluosilicic acid is a 5%-20% thin acid, the organic phosphonic acid sustained-releasing agent includes amino tri- sub-methylene phosphoric acid, hydroxyl sub-ethyl di-phosphoric acid and hydroxyl-l, 1-subethyl di-phosphoric acid; the film forming matter includes nitrous phenylhydroxylamine ammonium salt and wuluotuopin as well as sodium molybdate. As using, adding in surface active agent alkyl sulphonate. The invention can make high efficiency and thorough decaling the graphite heat exchanger and simultaneously effectively control the corrosion of the washing liquor to the equipment and as compared with traditional washing methods, the invention improves the productivity of the equipment.

A heat exchanger tube cleaning assembly and method is provided. The assembly can allow for semi-automated tube cleaning of a heat exchanger or other piping or equipment used in an industrial facility such as, for example, a petrochemical plant or oil refinery.

A cleaning apparatus, system and method for parts of the heating/cooling system of an vehicle. The apparatus effectively impedes odour and pollution originating from micro-organisms growing on the cooling and heating units. The cleaning assembly 220 includes of distribution tubes 225 provided with nozzles 230 arranged to spray cleaning substance onto the surfaces of the cooling and/or heating units 200, 232. The distribution tube preferably extends through at least a portion of the plurality of heating/cooling flanges 215 of the heating/cooling units and the nozzles are provided in the spaces formed between two adjacent flanges.

The method for cleaning chemical process and hydrocarbon processing apparatuses is performed by establishing a closed flow circulation loop, under specific operating conditions and in the presence of hydrocarbon-based fluids. The cleaning method is monitored by performing chemical/physical analysis. After cleaning the apparatus(es) can be immediately inserted back into the process. An optional degassing step can also be performed, in case the apparatus(es) has to be disassembled for inspection of maintenance.

The invention discloses a condenser intelligent moving and cleaning robot, which can be used in the field of large scale cleaning equipment and comprises a track running mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, and an electric control mechanism. A spray gun is connected on a spray gun running rest of a cleaning arm. The spray gun is provided with a underwater TV camera and connected with a cleaning media source by a communicating tube. The cleaning arm is connected with a cleaning arm running bracket component by a drive shaft. The drive shaft of the cleaning arm is connected with an electric push rod. The cleaning arm running bracket component is arranged on a pivoting support which is arranged on the track running mechanism by the running bracket component. The right front end of the top of the spray gun, the front end and the back end of a mounting plate of the pivoting support and the front position and the back position of a track support are provided with sonar sensors. The robot has few joints, simple structure, convenient processing and assembling, can automatically move in a water chamber of the condenser to finish the precise position and efficient cleaning of copper pipes of the condenser, has wide application range and high degree of automation.

On-Line and Off-Line methods of simultaneously cleaning and disinfecting an industrial water system are described and claimed. The methods involve the addition to the water of the industrial water system of a Compound selected from the group consisting of the alkali salts of chlorite and chlorate and mixtures thereof; and an acid, followed by allowing the water in the industrial water system to circulate for several hours. The reaction of the alkali salts of chlorite and chlorate and acid produces chlorine dioxide in-situ in the water of the industrial water system. The chlorine dioxide kills microorganisms and the acid acts to remove deposits upon the water-contact surfaces of the equipment. An alternative method involves the use of a chelating agent and a biocide. Other possible cleaning and disinfection reagents may be added as needed including corrosion inhibitors, chelating agents, biocides, surfactants and reducing agents. These cleaning and disinfecting methods work in a variety of industrial water systems including cooling water and boiler water systems.

A method for the on-line cleaning of a heat exchanger used with petroleum process fluids which create coke deposits of asphaltenic origin on the exchanger tubes. The asphaltenes are removed by re-dissolution in a solvent oil of high solubility power for the asphaltenes. Certain asphaltenic crudes are useful as solvents in view of their chemical similarity to the asphaltene coke precursors; also useful are refined petroleum fractions such as gas oils which are also characterized by their solvency for asphaltenes. The solvent oil may be admitted to the heat exchanger following withdrawal of the process fluid and then allowed to soak and dissolve the asphaltene coke precursors after which the resulting solution may be withdrawn and the exchanger returned to use without being at any time disconnected from its associated process unit.

A method and system utilizing a mobile cleaning unit for providing cleaning of heat exchanger tube bundles. The mobile cleaning unit utilizes a pressurized seal positioned about top door of the cleaning enclosure to provide a fluid and vapor lock of the cleaning enclosure. An oxygen purging system of the cleaning enclosure, the cleaning fluid reservoir, and the control panels provides additional safety. The mobile cleaning unit can use cleaning fluid produced at the facility site and return the cleaning fluid to the facility site for reprocessing after the heat exchanger tube bundles are cleaned.

There is disclosed a cleaning device for a heat exchanger which safely and effectively cleans the heat exchanger and which can sufficiently obtain a deodorizing effect and a sterilization effect. The cleaning device for the heat exchanger includes an electrolysis unit for treating dew condensation water of the heat exchanger by an electrochemical technique, a supply unit for supplying electrolytic water produced by the treatment performed by this electrolysis unit to an outer surface of the heat exchanger, and an control unit for controlling the electrolysis unit and the supply unit, and the control unit allows the electrolysis unit to electrolytically treat the dew condensation water of the heat exchanger and produce the electrolytic water, and allows the supply unit to supply the produced electrolytic water to the outer surface of the heat exchanger.

An upper bundle steam generator cleaning, inspection, and repair system including a deployment support device receivable within the steam generator to raise a cleaning device, an inspection device, and/or a tool up to the upper bundles of the steam generator.

A method of cleaning sludge from the tube sheet (34) of a nuclear steam generator (10) includes introducing a moveable sludge lance (76) said moveable sludge lance having duel lance heads (77) through handholes (62) in the side of the generator and into a central tube lane (60) having a central stay rod (61) and sludge lancing with high pressure fluid through the row 1 tubes (85) in the tube lane, where the distance (200) between the dual lance heads (77) is wide enough to allow the dual lance heads to extend beyond the central stay rod (61).

A gravity-assisted water saving system, and method of use, utilized for collecting condensate from an air conditioning system, sanitizing it, and then diverting it for constructive use. It has a chamber with an inclined bottom surface, a removable basket for containing tablets used for sanitizing swimming pool water or bleach tablets used for laundry sanitizing purposes, a double P-trap assembly on its water inlet side that prevents sanitizing vapors from entering the air conditioning system to which it is connected, a removable cap sealing its top opening to prevent escape of sanitizing vapors into the atmosphere, and an optional mounting bracket for enhanced stabilization against a stationary object. Inflow tubing connected to the chamber permits ready attachment of the present invention to an air conditioning condensate discharge pipe, while a discharge tube in an inferior position transports reclaimed water to its location of subsequent use.

A deployment system for an upper bundle steam generator cleaning/inspection device, the deployment system including an elongated body feedable through an access in a steam generator shell proximate the tube sheet of the steam generator, the elongated body flexible in one configuration to bend into a position for extension up through flow slots in support plates of the interior of the steam generator, and rigid in another configuration for positioning and supporting cleaning/inspection devices up through the steam generator proximate the upper tube bundles of the steam generator; and a drive device for driving the elongated body up through the support plates and for retracting the elongated body back down through the support plates.

A slide coupling fitting for connecting a tubular conduit and the method of use are provided. The fitting includes a tubular body, two opposing open ends, and an external threaded section on an exterior of the tubular body adjacent to each open end; and two tubular sliding couplers, each having an internal diameter slightly larger than an external diameter of the tubular body, and each being connected to one of the open ends of the tubular body, respectively, and coaxial with the tubular body. Each tubular sliding coupler has an internal threaded section adjacent to an inner end which is closer to a longitudinal center of the tubular body, and a smooth interior at an opposing outer end for slidably engaging a tubular conduit. The internal threaded section is complementary to the external threaded section of the tubular body for mutual engagement.

A portable apparatus and method for chemically cleaning a single pass plate and frame heat exchanger allows the cleaning solution to be uniformly distributed across the plate pack. This portable system of one pump of preferably 10-horsepower, capable of 300 gallons per minute flow through a discharge port; at least two distribution/collection tubes with apertures of predetermined diameter and predetermined placement; one reversing manifold; two bag filters; and one circulation tank with a capacity at least on the order of 150 to 200 gallons; attaches to a single pass plate and frame heat exchanger. The single pass plate and frame heat exchanger is configured with at least two removable flanges that, once removed, allow for the installation of the distribution/collection tubes. The apertures in the distribution/collection tubes are placed facing downwards depending upon the direction of the operational fluid to enhance a vacuuming effect for particle and debris removal during cleaning. The distribution/collection tubes are skewed off-center of the flanges, with an ability to be rotated in at least four different directions off-center, and generally located towards the bottom of the single pass plate and frame heat exchanger to facilitate particulate removal and uniform distribution of cleaning solution.

A device and method to perform on-line automatic flushing and cleaning for a steam turbine generator condenser, related with technology for flushing and cleaning of equipment during steam turbine generator operation, the apparatus includes: a polar coordinate traveling mechanical system, including one computer program polar coordinate control unit, which will control the servo motors to position the high-pressure water jet on the opening for Copper tube (or Titanium tube); the benefit for the invention is that, the polar coordinate traveling mechanical system move the high-pressure water jet to flush and clean each Copper tube (or Titanium tube) on condenser tube plate, to realize high-pressure water cleaning for each pipe during operation of generator, therefore, the heat exchanging efficient can be increased, further to reduce the consumption of coal for steam turbine generator, and archive the aim to saving coal, and reduction in generating cost.

Disclosed herein is a method and treatment system for rapid cleaning and protecting of automotive cooling systems containing controlled atmosphere brazed aluminum heat exchangers. The method and treatment system can optionally include a conditioning (passivating) step. The treatment system can comprise three different parts: (1) cleaner or cleaning solution; (2) conditioner or conditioning solution; and (3) compatible CAB aluminum protective heat transfer fluid.

The invention relates to a cleaning device for condensers of air conditioners. The cleaning device comprises a power device and a cleaning device body. The power device comprises a motor and a transmission assembly, the motor can be arranged on an edge plate on a side of each air conditioner, the transmission assembly is connected with an output shaft of the motor, the cleaning device body comprises a brush which is used for cleaning fins on the condensers of the air conditioners, and the brush can be vertically guided to reciprocate along the fins under the control of the transmission assembly. The transmission assembly comprises a transmission lead screw and a lead screw nut, the transmission lead screw is connected with the output shaft by a shaft sleeve, the lead screw nut is meshed and connected with the transmission lead screw, a horizontal strut is connected onto the lead screw nut, two ends of the strut can respectively extend to two ends of each fin, the brush is arranged on the strut, and bristles of the brush can face a side of each condenser and are in contact with the fins. The invention further provides an automatic cleaning method for the condensers of the air conditioners. The cleaning device and the automatic cleaning method have the advantages that the condensers of the air conditioners can be cleaned by the aid of condensate water generated by defrosting, and the cleaning device is simple and compact in structure, convenient to use, low in cost and high in cleaning efficiency.

A water heating apparatus includes a burner, a heat exchanger for heating hot and cold water with use of heat from the burner, a scale detector for detecting occurrence of scale clogging in the heat exchanger, a notifying unit for notifying an error when the scale detector detects occurrence of a scale greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, and a controller performing a control of allowing the notifying unit to notify an error and prohibiting combustion operation of the burner when the scale detector detects occurrence of a scale greater than or equal to the predetermined amount. The controller is configured to start a cleaning mode for cleaning inside the heat exchanger when the controller detects shifting operation to the cleaning mode after the combustion operation of the burner is prohibited.

A system and associated method for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system includes an impulse cleaning device defining a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel, and an eductor assembly surrounding a downstream end of the chamber for inducting surrounding atmosphere into the combustion to widen the area being cleaned.

An auto-cleaning device for an indoor air conditioner includes an indoor air conditioner, a cleaning box and a detergent tank. The indoor air conditioner includes a main base having an air entry and an air exit. A heat exchanger and at least one fan are set under the main base. A filter is put in the air entry. The cleaning box assembled under the indoor air conditioner has an overflow exit, a water exit, and a fan motor to drive the at least one fan. The detergent tank is connected with the indoor air conditioner, containing a detergent solution. In using, let the detergent solution flow into the cleaning box and then, start the fan motor to turn around the at least one fan to make the solution swirled to automatically carry out washing, quickly diminishing bacteria, dirt and smell. The waste solution is finally drained from the water exit.

The invention discloses an automatic electromagnetic partition-changing and positioning device of a full-automatic cleaning device for a tubular heater, which comprises a machine frame, caster wheels, positioning caster wheels, an x-axis rack, a y-axis driving device, two x-axis slide rails, an x-axis driving device, a machine frame centre positioning seat and a center rotation device. The center rotation device, the caster wheels and the positioning caster wheels are mounted at the lower part of the machine frame; a positioning device is mounted on each positioning caster wheel; an ejector rod device is mounted at the lower part of the y-axis driving device; and the ejector rod device is a magnet sucking disc device. The automatic electromagnetic area-change and positioning device has the advantages of small size, light weight, simple structure, convenience in installation and good reliability; and two driving forces are adopted to realize x-axis, y-axis and circular motion, and automatic partitioning, so that partition-changing and positioning can be realized.

A system is disclosed for cleaning an object, such as a heat exchanger including a bundle of feed-through tubes extending between two end plates. In an embodiment, the system includes a connection body for connecting the system to an object, a holder for holding a cleaning device and a moving system for moving the holder with respect to the connection body in a first direction and a second direction at least having a component perpendicular to the first direction. The moving system includes a rotation motor and a linear motor.

The invention discloses an air cooling condenser high-pressure door type or cantilever type track automatic cleaning device, comprising a high-pressure water jet cleaning device and a support on whicha cleaning device assembly is arranged; the support has a door type structure and consists of two upright posts which are vertically arranged and a beam which is horizontally arranged; the cleaning device assembly is glidingly connected with the beam of the support; and the high-pressure water jet cleaning device is connected with the cleaning device assembly by a high-pressure water pipe. The invention uses an air cooling radiation triangle of a door/console through type cleaning air cooling island, and the mode is convenient and quick compared with the prior cleaning modes; in the invention, one radiation surface can be cleaned only by one stroke, and the total design is compact and scientific; compared with the prior two cleaning modes, the cleaning time is shortened by more than half,and the cleaning efficiency is improved by 2-3 times; the cleanliness rate reaches 100%, which is incomparable to the prior modes.

A method for transferring heat includes flowing a wastewater through a tank and flowing a fluid through a heat exchanger having an outer surface. The method further includes aerating the wastewater to produce a convective flow, contacting the outer surface of the heat exchanger with the convective flow to exchange heat, and cleaning the outer surface of the heat exchanger with the convective flow. A system for transferring heat includes a tank, a heat exchanger with an outer surface disposed in the tank, and a fluid flowing through the heat exchanger. Wastewater located in the tank flows over the outer surface of the heat exchanger, and a diffusion pipe disposed in the tank provides air into the tank to produce a convective flow in the wastewater.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an air conditioning outdoor unit and a method for washing a heat exchanger and relates to the field of washing of air conditioners, aiming at improving the washing quality of washing the heat exchanger while realizing the aim of automatically washing the heat exchanger, and avoiding secondary pollution caused by residual dust. The air conditioning outdoor unit comprises a spraying device, wherein the spraying device comprises a water storage device, a water pump connected with the water storage device and a spraying pipeline connected with the water pump; the air conditioning outdoor unit further comprises a fan and a control unit; the spraying device is arranged between the fan and the heat exchanger; when the spraying pipeline sprays water, the fan rotates oppositely so that the water sprayed by the spraying pipeline is sprayed on the heat exchanger; the control unit is connected with the spraying device and the fan; the control unit is used for controlling the spraying device to do water spaying and controlling opposite rotation of the fan. The embodiment of the invention is used for washing the heat exchanger.

The invention discloses a machine and a method for cleaning an evaporation tank. A frame of the machine is equipped with a central positioning shaft; two longitudinal tracks on the frame are equipped with sliding frames; transverse tracks on the sliding frames are equipped with water gun driving machines; the sliding frames and the water gun driving machines are all equipped with drive units; and the water gun driving machines are further equipped with clamping wheels for driving a water gun to move up and down. The method for cleaning the evaporation tank comprises the following steps: inserting the positioning shaft into a positioning seat hole at the center of an upper end plate of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger of the evaporation tank, and adjusting the distance from two ends of the longitudinal tracks to the inner wall of the evaporation tank to be smaller than 2.5cm; then starting a water pump of the water gun and the cleaning machine for the evaporation tank for spray-washing heat exchange tubes in a section of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger one by one, stopping the machine and moving the frame after the heat exchange tubes in the section are completely cleaned; and cleaning heat exchange tubes in next section one by one in the same way until tubes are completely cleaned. Compared with the prior art, the machine and the method provided by the invention have the advantages of high use safety and low labor intensity.

The invention discloses a method for washing scales formed on tubes of a graphite heat exchanger. The method comprises the following steps: water washing for the first time (mechanical washing); pressure test for the first time; acid washing; water washing for the second time (mechanical washing); pressure test for the second time; alkali washing; water washing for the third time (mechanical washing); and pressure test for the third time. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the washing time is shortened and is generally about 3 days, the acid producing capacity of the graphite heat exchanger after the washing process can be increased from 86% to above 98%, and the method has no damage on the heat exchange tubes and can remarkably improve function recovery of graphite heat exchanger and the production capacity.