Food processing facility improves boiler efficiency and reduces operational costs

Background

A food manufacturer began experiencing accumulated scale within its small, once-through boilers utilized for steam supply. Boilers and heat exchangers are notoriously susceptible to deposit formation due to a variety of impurities in feed water. The facility’s make-up water was prepared by on-site water softening, with occasional upsets. When a boiler internal surface survey was conducted it was estimated that the accumulated scale thickness was around 0.635mm. Aware that efficiency-robbing boiler deposits could impact their bottom line, lead to hot blowdown water loss, and corrode equipment, the facility reached out to Kurita to improve boiler efficiency and reduce operational costs.

Objectives

• Improve boiler efficiency
• Reduce operational costs