Case Study from HydroFLOW USA Steam boiler scale at a Washington chemical plant Steam boiler scale was building in two diesel-fired boilers, of 600 and 700 HP, at a chemical plant in Wapato, Washington. The well water ran at about 200 ppm hardness and a softener...
Case Study from HydroFLOW USA Microbial induced corrosion was putting the W3 starch line at Boise Paper’s mill in Wallula, Washington, at risk of internal pipe failure. Bacteria colonise the inside of steel pipework and build nodules, and the acids they produce...
Case Study from HydroFLOW Italia Legionella control without chemicals in an ageing hotel system Legionella control without chemicals was the only option at Hotel Des Etrangers in Milan. Legionella kept returning to the hotel’s domestic hot water system, but the...
Case Study from HydroFLOW Chile Seawater intake corrosion was undermining the seawater cooling system at Enaex’s ammonium nitrate production facility in Chile’s Antofagasta Region. The plant draws seawater through an intake line more than 100 metres long...
Plate heat exchanger scale was only part of the problem at an industrial plant in Ukraine. Two plate heat exchangers were fed from a single cold-water line, and an inspection before treatment found biological deposits, rust and scale on the heat exchanger connection....
