Soot Blowers Go Sonic On Boilers

Soot blowers have been used for many years for industrial boiler tube cleaning but their popularity is increasingly on the decline. Why? Well, client feedback tells us that the actual process of cleaning which steam soot blowers administer is abrasive and can lead to serious boiler tube erosion. That in turn delivers boiler inefficiency, downtime and potentially expensive repair costs.

Sonic horns, or sonic soot blowers as some people now call them, deliver an entirely different cleaning method which is non-abrasive, eradicating the worry of boiler tube erosion. Moreover, sonic horns offer the extra advantage of preventing material build-up in the first place.

It is not surprising, therefore, that as a sonic horn supplier, we find ourselves approached more and more often with the request to replace standard soot blowers with our sonic horn technology.

This video was filmed in a waste to energy plant in the UK where exactly this scenario took place. If you look closely (slightly left of centre and 'north west' of the engineer's orange safety helmet) you will see the sonic horn fitted to the side of the boiler economizer section.

Read more about why sonic horns are now the preferred soot blower alternative.