| Belzona Provides A Second Life To This Cooling Tower | | | Industry:Steel (STEL) | | | Application:Tanks and Chemical Containment Areas (TCC) | | | Customer Location:Metal processing plant, France | | | Application Date:May 2018 | | | Application Situation:Heat Exchanger - acid cooling tower. Operating pressure of 1 bar and temperature between 30 and 50C. | | | Problem:External corrosion leading to significant wall thinning and localised through wall defects. | | | Products:Belzona 1221 (Super E-Metal)
Belzona 1121 (Super XL-Metal)
Belzona 5811 (Immersion Grade) | | | Substrate:Carbon Steel | | | Application Method:Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet TCC-5. | | | Belzona Facts:Two towers were suffering from the same problem at the same time: through wall defects due to corrosion. The customer had one spare ready (costing 90,000€) but could not afford to wait for a replacement one being given the 8 months lead time. The Belzona repair was completed in 4 days by a team of 3 technicians. The tower was put back in service within 72 hours. The Belzona repair (products + application) did cost one-third of the replacement cost (30,000€). | | | Photographs Description1 - The cold bonding of metal plate to patch up thin areas
2 - Wrap in progress
3 - Wrap completed
4 - Coating for further corrosion protection | |
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