Capability

Fin fan cleaning designed to restore airflow and cooling performance.

The Hydro Clean process can increase cooling capacity by more than 30% without disrupting production, helping maintain full plant uptime.

Indicative results
  • 4°C increase in skin temperature
  • 30% increase in airflow
  • 15% increase in cooling capacity at ambient design temperature
  • No production disruption during cleaning
Problem addressed

Fouling reduces airflow distribution and therefore cooling capacity.

Atmospheric dust and debris collect on finned tubes, particularly in damp and oily environments. The principal result is reduced and maldistributed airflow, leading directly to lower cooling performance.

Method

High-volume wash with controlled chemistry

ASL’s Hydro Clean method combines high-volume wash, controlled chemical application, close-proximity jetting and rinse cycles using adapted cleaning agents, plant and equipment.

Operational objective

Maintain optimum cooler efficiency

Fin fan cleaning helps keep finned tubes as free as possible from surface contamination so cooling performance can be maintained.

Airflow restoration

Improving airflow distribution is central to restoring fin fan performance.

Cooling capacity recovery

The service helps recover lost capacity before more invasive interventions are considered.

Live plant relevance

Results can be achieved without disrupting production.

Natural link to optimisation

Cleaning and performance analysis can be combined where fouling and fan settings both affect final performance.

Next

Suitable where fouled fin fans are limiting airflow and cooling duty.