Customer benefit
Due to the high explosion pressure of the EG10 of 350 bar, the cleaning efficiency is much better than with all conventional online cleaning technologies and is comparable to single explosion technologies.
Therefore significantly higher cleanliness of heat transfer surfaces during continous operation can be achieved.
Because of the improved cleaning efficiency, the number of Explosion Generators installed can be lower than the number of sootblowers. The number of Explosion Generators and the installation location is decided project specific.
Compared to conventional cleaning technologies, the following customer benefits result:
a) Existing Power Plants
- Higher boiler efficiency and lower flue gas exit temperature, due to reduced fouling of heat transfer surfaces
- Longer boiler traveling period
- Higher plant availability, reduced standstill period
- Reduced damage to heat transfer surfaces by erosion
- Reduced cleaning needs during maintenance stops
- Reduced operating costs
- Reduced maintenance cost
- No steam consumption for the cleaning (for comparison with steam blown sootblowers)
- Improved CO2 plant performance
b) Planned Power Plants
- Higher boiler efficiency and lower flue gas exit temperature, due to reduced fouling of heat transfer surfaces; respectively a reduction of heat transfer area for same steam capacity, therefore reduced boiler size
- Longer boiler traveling period
- Higher plant availability, reduced standstill period
- Reduced space requirements sideward of the boiler, especially for multi-train facilities (saving of building volume)
- Easier connection piping
- Reduced cleaning needs during maintenance stops
- Reduced invest cost
- Reduced operating cost
- Reduced maintenance cost
- No steam consumption for the cleaning (for comparison with steam blown sootblowers)
- Improved CO2 plant performance
c) Other plants (Filters, Cement Kilns, etc.)
- Longer traveling period
- Higher plant availability, reduced standstill period
- Reduced cleaning needs during maintenance stops
- Reduced invest cost
- Reduced operating cost
- Reduced maintenance cost