BELZONA SAVES REFINERY $50,000
Industrie: Fluid Flow (FLOW)
Application: HEX-Heat Exchangers (HEX)
Substrat: Carbon Steel
Localisation du client: Refinery - Sweeny, Texas USA
Date de la demande: January 2003 and January 2008
Des produits:
Belzona® 1111 (Super Metal)
Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal)
Problème: Galvanic corrosion and erosion resulting in loss of thickness and gasket sealing surfaces. This allows for working fluid to bypass portions of the multi-pass exchanger thereby greatly decreasing the efficiency of the heat exchanger.
Descriptions des photographies
- Heat exchanger dollar plate prior to repair
- Heat exchanger dollar plate after repair and coating
- Heat exchanger after five years in service
- Heat exchanger channel head after five years in service
Cas d'application
Multiple heat exchanger components severely damaged by erosion/corrosion.
Procédé d'application
Belzona® 1111 and Belzona® 1321 were applied in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet HEX-2.
Faits sur Belzona
Conventional repair involves weld build up followed by the machining of new gasket surfaces at a cost of $2,500-$5,000 per dollar plate. The Belzona solution costs less than half of the conventional repair. This results in cost savings of more than $50,000 per unit turnaround.