Improving Thermal Efficiency With Sonic Horns: Boiler Economizer Cleaning
Economizing on energy consumption is vital for all types of industry but surprisingly this is no new concept.
It was more than 150 years ago in fact that the very first successful design of economizer was used - in steam engines. Patented by Edward Green in 1845, it increased the steam-raising efficiency of the boilers.
Today the need to reduce energy consumption is an even greater priority and applies to most industries around the world. For them, improving thermal efficiency and generating as much heat as possible from burnt fuel is key. This is where maintenance and correct functioning of economizers comes in. Keeping economizers clean is crucial. That may sound simple but it is not!
Many economizers have a complex tube configuration (plain tubes and finned tubes) which means that although traditional soot blowers might be installed to do basic cleaning, there can be problems leading to the shutdown of the boiler for manual cleaning. This is where sonic horns (aka sonic soot blowers) come into their own.
The following testimonial from one of our clients who operates a large waste-to-energy plant speaks for itself:
"We have had an internal problem with our Economizer mid bank steam soot blowers for some time. The tube configuration in that bank is such that it has plain tubes at the top and finned tubes at the bottom of the same bank. Historically, we would have had to shut the boiler down to go into the economizer pretty soon after the development of such a fault in order to repair the steam stoot blower and manually clean the tube bank because of the rate of fouling being so high. However, currently draught loss has remained insignificant thanks to the operation of the sonic horns. I would happily endorse your product to any interested party in the future".
This photograph shows 3 of our sonic horns fitted to the economizer of the waste to energy plant referred to in the above testimonial. Read more about our sonic horns for boiler economizer cleaning.
It was more than 150 years ago in fact that the very first successful design of economizer was used - in steam engines. Patented by Edward Green in 1845, it increased the steam-raising efficiency of the boilers.
Today the need to reduce energy consumption is an even greater priority and applies to most industries around the world. For them, improving thermal efficiency and generating as much heat as possible from burnt fuel is key. This is where maintenance and correct functioning of economizers comes in. Keeping economizers clean is crucial. That may sound simple but it is not!
Many economizers have a complex tube configuration (plain tubes and finned tubes) which means that although traditional soot blowers might be installed to do basic cleaning, there can be problems leading to the shutdown of the boiler for manual cleaning. This is where sonic horns (aka sonic soot blowers) come into their own.
The following testimonial from one of our clients who operates a large waste-to-energy plant speaks for itself:
"We have had an internal problem with our Economizer mid bank steam soot blowers for some time. The tube configuration in that bank is such that it has plain tubes at the top and finned tubes at the bottom of the same bank. Historically, we would have had to shut the boiler down to go into the economizer pretty soon after the development of such a fault in order to repair the steam stoot blower and manually clean the tube bank because of the rate of fouling being so high. However, currently draught loss has remained insignificant thanks to the operation of the sonic horns. I would happily endorse your product to any interested party in the future".
This photograph shows 3 of our sonic horns fitted to the economizer of the waste to energy plant referred to in the above testimonial. Read more about our sonic horns for boiler economizer cleaning.
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