Industrial Descalers

Industrial descalers

Goodway Benelux supplies descaling chemicals to clean and descale various types of plate- and tube heat exchangers. Industrial strength limescale removers are very effective in removing hard deposits on heat exchange surfaces, such as tubes or plates. Over time, almost all heat exchangers will have to receive some kind of cleaning to restore efficiency levels. Fouling build-up will decrease heat transfer between the two media and therefore lower efficiency. In that case, chemical cleaning of heat exchangers can be an effective solution.

Chemical cleaning of heat exchangers

When heat exchangers have to be cleaned, it's possible to choose from different cleaning methods. A chemical cleaning is usually performed through the CIP (cleaning-in-place) technique. With CIP, a descaling pump system is connected to the heat exchanger, essentially creating a closed loop. After that, an industrial descaler, such as Scalebreak-MP, is added to the system and circulated for a few hours.

The industrial descaler (Scalebreak-MP) removes limescale, rust, and biological deposits from the heat exchanger tubes or plates. When the descaler comes in touch with limescale, it turns it into a liquid suspension, which is then flushed out of the heat exchanger. During the cleaning, it may be necessary to add more descaler product if the deposit build-up is higher than expected.

Removing limescale from tubes

Water-cooled chillers, shell and tube heat exchangers, and other types of systems have tubes that will need some kind of cleaning to remain free of deposits. Heat exchanger descalers are ideal for removing harder deposits such as limescale. By using a descaling pump system and industrial limescale remover, such as Scalebreak-MP, deposits are quickly removed from the system.

Removing limescale from plates

Plate heat exchangers come in various forms and sizes. By cleaning-in-place these systems, minimal disassembly is required, which also contributes to a shorter downtime. Heat exchanger descalers are ideal for removing harder deposits such as limescale. By using a descaling pump system and industrial limescale remover, such as Scalebreak-MP, deposits are quickly removed from the system.

Safe descaling chemicals

Goodway's line of descaling chemicals is known for being very effective against deposits, while maintaining the integrity of the heat exchanger base metals. Our most used industrial descaler, Scalebreak-MP, for example, does not contain HCL and has various corrosion inhibitors.

Furthermore, Goodway's industrial limescale removers are biodegradable and safe on a wide range of materials, including stainless steel and rubber. Use with Goodway descaling pump systems for the best cleaning results.