Avoiding manual explosion cleaning
- ✓Increased inherent safety of boiler operation
- ✓No more stress organizing manual explosion cleaning campaigns
- ✓Reduced flue gas temperatures — higher temperature stability, less boiler tube corrosion
Benefits
Enhanced safety & boiler availability
Cleaning without contact, detonation or compromise
100%
Manual explosion cleaning avoided
65%
Soot blower steam consumption reduced
15months
Outage intervals, extended from 12
150
Systems ordered since 2022 worldwide
15
Countries in operation
Enhanced boiler availability
- ✓Fewer unplanned shutdowns due to boiler clogging
- ✓Extended outage intervals
- ✓Reduced stress and wear on boiler components
Robust and easy to maintain
- ✓Latest generation of shock-pulse type systems
- ✓Typically one major maintenance intervention per year
- ✓Wear parts replaced in the on-site workshop
Performance upgrade with fast payback
- ✓Boiler upgrade - replacement of conventional cleaning systems
- ✓Save valuable soot blower steam
- ✓Improve plant economics with raised boiler load, availabiliy and outage intervals
Why P-Wave
Cleaning without contact, detonation or compromise
No detonation, no oxygen
New generation of powerful boiler cleaning! Supersonic pressure waves generated from combustion of propane with compressed air. No explosives or (pure) oxygen needed. Inherently safe and robust by design.
Fully automatic
Typically one programmed shot every ~2 hours, no operator presence required during operation. The P-WAVE controller cabinet (PLC) integrates with your DCS via hardwiring or bus connection.
Gentle on tubes
Least impacting option of boiler cleaning. No more damaging physical contact of hammers or steam/water jets with boiler tubes. Oxide layers remain untouched: Positive for reduced boiler tube corrosion rates!
Low operating cost
Very few consumables needed: 20 g of propane per blast as well as power for the compressor. This sums up per year to typically 100 kg propane and 1000 kWh (total of 500 €).
Stable flue gas temperatures
Consistently lower and stable flue gas temperatures before superheaters and at boiler outlet. Your gain: No more manual explosion cleaning, potential for increase of boiler load and service time.
Easy to maintain
Robust design for reliability and easy maintenance! Typically one overhaul per year with cost of 6000 € per generator. Potential to be reduced to 1500 € with training of local mantenance team.