AUTOMATIC ON-L

LINE BRUSHING FOR

HEAT EXCHANGERS AND CONDENSERS
Energy Saving Performance Enhancing
 WhatisEQOBRUSH?
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An
Anautomaticonlinecleaningsystem
automatic on line cleaning system
forchillercondensersandheat
exchangers
g
Cleansfoulingfrompipingwithout
shuttingdowntheequipment
Variouscleaningsperdayavoidany
foulingorscalinginpipes
Energysavingsandcapacitygains
allowanearnbackperiodofless
than6months
h h
 BenefitsofEQOBRUSH

10
1040%EnergySavings
40% Energy Savings
Reductionofmachinedowntimefor
cleaning
cleaning
Reductionofchemicalsforwater
treatment and periodical cleaning
treatmentandperiodicalcleaning
Increasedproductioncapacity
Reductionofwaterconsumption
Reduction of water consumption
 PrinciplesofOperation
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The
TheautomaticvalvereversesthewaterflowintheHeat
automatic valve reverses the water flow in the Heat
Exchangereveryfewhoursfor30sec.
Nylonbrushes(housedinbasketsconnectedtothetube
Nylon brushes (housed in baskets connected to the tube
ends)arethenpropelledthroughthepipes,cleaningany
scalingorfouling
Afterthereversionthebrushespositionin
theirbaskets,causingnopressureloss

Reversed
 Benefit:Energysaving
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Examplesoftheamountofscale Fouling Scale Power

buildup,andtheincreasein Factor thicknessin increase
powerconsumptionforvarious
fouling factors is illustrated in the
foulingfactorsisillustratedinthe FF mm required
FoulingFactorTable.
0.000 0.000 0.00%
0 0001
0.0001 0 03
0.03 1 10%
1.10%
0.0005 0.15 5.50%
0 0010
0.0010 0 30
0.30 11 0%
11.0%
0.0020 0.61 22.0%
0 0030
0.0030 0 91
0.91 33 0%
33.0%
0.0040 1.22 44.0%
Benefit:Energysaving
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TheGraphillustratespotentialsavingsfor
diff
differentcondensersizesbasedon0.00025FF
t d i b d 0 00025 FF
withOLC,comparedto0.002FFwithoutOLC
Benefit:Reducedmaintenancecostand
machinedowntime

Periodicalmaintenanceofchillersiseliminatedbythe
EQOBRUSHsystemwhichmeansreductionin:
Costsoflabor,
Costofchemicals
Costofcleaningequipment
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Humanexposuretocorrosivechemicals
 Benefit:Reducedwaterconsumption
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EQOBRUSHallowsahigherlevelofsaltconcentration(higher
cycle of concentration) in the cooling water
cycleofconcentration)inthecoolingwater.
Reductionofblowdownvolumes(egsewagecost)
Reductionofsuppletionwatervolumes(watercost)
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 Benefit:Capacity
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Optimalcoolingperformance
guaranteesequipmentcanrunat
topcapacity.Suboptimalcooling
i S b i l li
leadstounderperformance
Downtimeformanualcleaning=
Down time for manual cleaning
capacityloss(upto5%)
 ComparingEQOBRUSHwithBallBased
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systems
WACONOLC BallSystems
Lowerinvestment,simpler Morecomplexsystem,requires
system higher investment
higherinvestment
Lowersystemmaintenance, Strainertocatchballsneeds
lowerreplacementcost replacement,ballsgetlostand
needreplacement
Allpipesgetbrushedoneach Pipesinslowzoneofunit
cycle
y allpipesremainclean
pp (outside) get less cleaning cycles
(outside)getlesscleaningcycles
 Components
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Standardproductlines:
OLCValvesin8standardsizesrangingfrom150500mm(increaseby
50mm)

Brush
BrushandBasketsets(2baskets,1brush)inmostcommonsizesfrom
and Basket sets (2 baskets, 1 brush) in most common sizes from
1028mm
Special sizesonrequest
 Payback
y
&
ROI
Sample
p
Calculation
Companybackground
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Kalvo
KalvoGMBH;GermanyfoundedandfocusedonOLCsince1982
GMBH; Germany founded and focused on OLC since 1982
WACONInt.Ltd;SpecialistinindustrialwatercoolingsolutionsinAsia
since1996
NewlyformedJVWACONKALVOtointroducethistechnologytoAsia

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