Advantages & Disadvantages
Example used : Condenser | Method | Scraping or Brushing | Water Blasting | Chemical Cleaning (Acids) | Rydlyme Technology |
| Advantages | Quick to "shoot" each tube Little waste generated |
Tubes normally cleaned with one pass Works on a wide rage of deposits |
Effective on deposits Less time than mechanical |
Effective on deposits Non-corrosive & non-hazardous Keeps downtime to the minimum BIODEGRADABLE |
| Disadvantages | Not effective on hard deposits Times consuming Scrapers or brushes can lodge in tubes |
High cost and extended downtimes Generates waste that must be deposed of. Dangerous |
Corrosive to metal & other system components Regulated waste Dangerous |
Would not be recommended for pure sulphate or phosphates deposits |
