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Heater / Furnace cleaning during a shutdown

Offline cleaning of a convection section in a petrochemical plant using our Neutrol® process
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Heater / Furnace cleaning during a shutdown

United States

CTP environment America performed an operation on a plant belonging to one of the world’s largest chemical groups where various chemicals are produced using oil by-products. The operation involved cleaning a convection section during a shutdown.

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The specific design of this heater - equipped with a catalyser – needed to be removed for the cleaning.

In addition, the presence of refractory fibres in the radiation required us to take specific protective measures to protect the bottom of the convection section.

Using its NEUTROL® process, CTP environment performed a world-first for cleaning the convection unit, as a wet cleaning solution (never used on this site).

This operation was a success:

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