Exchanger Tube ID Coating | Curran International (The Pitch)
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Refineries with "___ ___" exchanger bundles found that thin-film polymer coating eliminated normal ___ as a result of reduced ___ attachment and ___ deposits.
- "bad actor" exchanger bundles
- normal maintenance
- foul attachment
- corrosion deposits.
Exchanger tube ID coating improve operational ___ and favorably impact ___ ___.
- operational efficiency
- profit margins
Thin film polymer tube lining materials, applied at 10-12 mils or 250 microns, provide a ___ release suited for all water services.
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The application technique achieves a homogenous film, and complete coverage is ensured though 100% inspection according to ___ standards.
Exchanger tube coatings have proven to reduce ___ and boundary layer ___.
- reduce fouling
- boundary layer drag.
By promoting flow, ___ is reduced and the ___-___ optimal performance of the heat transfer equipment is sustained.
- backpressure is reduced
- long-term optimal performance
Coatings are chosen according to the service ___ and conditions in which they are to be ___, as well as where - in the ___ or in-___.
- service temperature
- applied
- in the field or in-shop.
Application capabilities include ___ ___ and ___, thick film ___ ___, ___ and ___ filled linings, ___ and ___ linings, and inorganic "___" linings.
- polymerized thermosets and thermoplastics,
- thick film epoxy cladding,
- ceramic and glass filled linings
- rubber and sheet linings
- inorganic "metallized" linings.
U-tube exchangers can also be coated. In fact ___% of exchangers coated at Curran's shop are U-tubes.
With U-tube exchanger the only difference to applications is that a ___ coat application is used.
Curran can repair your exchanger tubes, by removing all of the scale from the tube wall (including ___ ___) and applying its tube lining system to cover those ___ and the ___ ___.
- (including deep pits)
- to cover those pits and the tube wall.
With used exchanger tube repair, what you're left with is a fully enclosed ___ ___ that will prevent any further corrosion, and also will eliminate fouling.
Bottom Line
Application of polymer coatings to the ID of pipes in heat transfer equipment can:
- Increase ___ ___ duty
- Eliminate ___
- Reduce or eliminate micro and macro ___
- Reduce normal ___ and improve the "___ ___" of fixed assets.
- Increase heat transfer duty
- Eliminate Corrosion
- Reduce or eliminate micro and macro fouling
- Reduce normal maintenance and improve the "useful life" of fixed assets.
Some ___ exposures, elevated ___ or high fluid/gas ___ can limit coatings, but great benefits can be achieved by applications within acceptable temperature parameters and exposures ___ to the applied coating.
- chemical exposures
- elevated temperatures
- or high fluid/gas velocities
- temperatures and exposures appropriate to the applied coating.
Bottom Line
The many advantages of coating tubular systems include:
- Cost savings that can amount to ___ of dollars per year.
- ___ equipment life
- Energy ___
- Throughput ___ gains.
- Savings in comparative cost of entirely ___ tubing with expensive ___ ___ pipes.
- Exchanger coatings can eliminate any ___ discharge.
- Cost savings that can amount to millions of dollars per year.
- Perpetual equipment life.
- Energy savings.
- Throughput efficiency gains.
- Savings in comparative cost of entirely replacing tubing with expensive steel alloy pipes.
- Exchanger coatings can eliminate any copper discharge.
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