Belzona Saves Refinery $50,000

Industria:

Fluid Flow (FLOW)

Áreas Know-How:

Heat Exchangers (HEX)

Cliente / ubicación:

Refinery - Sweeny, Texas USA

Fecha de aplicación:

January 2003 and January 2008

Situación de aplicación:

Multiple heat exchanger components severely damaged by erosion/corrosion.

Problema:

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.

Productos:

Belzona® 1111 (Super Metal)

Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal)

Substrato:

Carbon Steel

Método de aplicación:

Belzona® 1111 and Belzona® 1321 were applied in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet HEX-2.

Hechos 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.

Descripciones de fotografías

1. Heat exchanger dollar plate prior to repair  
2. Heat exchanger dollar plate after repair and coating  
3. Heat exchanger after five years in service  
4. Heat exchanger channel head after five years in service