Steam or compressed air continue to be the typical cleaning mediums for long retractable (IK) sootblowers used to clean the convection section of the boiler. Advancements in steam/air nozzle technology have lead to improved cleaning in areas such as the secondary superheater, but due to issues with boiler tube erosion, advanced nozzles have not been routinely used in the convection section. Boiler tube erosion and the resulting forced outages due to tube leaks have consistently been an operational issue for many boilers. Sonic cleaning has offered the hope of cleaning without tube erosion, but cleaning results have been mixed. The energy created by sonic devices is more than an order of magnitude less than a sootblower jet and as a result have not been able to remove many types of deposits.
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17th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference
May 18–20, 2009
Chantilly, Virginia, USA
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- Solid Waste Processing Division
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978-0-7918-4880-7
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Pressure Pulse Technology for Boiler Cleaning Available to Purchase
Mark A. Bunton
Mark A. Bunton
Diamond Power International, Inc., Lancaster, OH
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Mark A. Bunton
Diamond Power International, Inc., Lancaster, OH
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NAWTEC17-2319, pp. 19-22; 4 pages
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August 24, 2009
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Bunton, MA. "Pressure Pulse Technology for Boiler Cleaning." Proceedings of the 17th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. 17th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. Chantilly, Virginia, USA. May 18–20, 2009. pp. 19-22. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/NAWTEC17-2319
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