Major Chemical Cleaning Techniques

Major Chemical Cleaning Techniques for Marine Services

Chemical cleaning is becoming one of the most famous practices in the present times as more and more people can be seen to be indulging in it for good. This is due to the fact that this process is used for the purpose of eliminating all traces of chemicals, foreign materials as well as debris which are left within houses after certain activities that are related to construction. While it may seem like a difficult and exceptionally long process, it really is not and many companies these days offer high end services for the removal of chemicals from houses, or any other such property.

Types/Techniques of Chemical Cleaning

Other substances that are completely cleaned away during the process of chemical cleaning include sand, dirt, grease, oil, mill scale and other things such as corrosion products and everything related to it. There are many highly well-known methods for carrying out this cleaning procedure. Most of the companies offering this exclusive service offer a wide range of ways through which people can have their homes chemically cleaned but one of the most prominent ones include techniques such as fill and soak, steam phase, foam cleaning, slug flow, etc.

Fill & Soak

Chemical cleaning is also majorly used for cleaning away huge pipes as well as vessels. For this purpose, the fill and soak technique comes in handy as it is particularly used for managing large commodities and materials in the first place. The process start off by filling the huge vessels as well as pipes with a massive quantity of chemical solutions, which ensure accurate cleanliness, only to drain away these chemicals after a while. This method is highly effective and efficient and chosen by many people these days. However, it only caters to large materials and commodities, and that means it cannot be used for other much smaller equipment.

Steam Phase

On the other hand, the steam phase technique has gained a lot of significance due to the fact that it works wonders and that too, in a short period of time. This technique for chemical cleaning is extremely swift and offers spectacular results. While all the other techniques for this process may not be as economical, this one surely is – which makes it one of the most popular ways for having houses cleaned from all the different kinds of chemical residue that remains there. This process includes injecting chemicals into the equipment that has to be cleaned away. This technique very adequately removes chemicals such as ammonia, benzene, pyrophoric iron and H2S.

Foam Cleaning

In the efficient and well-known foam cleaning technique, the only thing that makes if different from all the other types of chemical cleaning is that it uses gas along with the amount of chemical solutions that are used in order to clean out equipment. Mainly used for large pipes for vessels, this technique has its own way of cleaning away chemicals in a short period of time. The technique has many other applications, however, it is does not really include liquid weights. This method is generally faster and quit effective as well, which is why it is preferred by a lot of people these days.

Slug Flow

Lastly, the slug flow cleaning technique is majorly used for cleaning hue equipment and most importantly, large pipes. It is through this sort of cleaning that chemicals can be removed either through gas or even liquid, for that matter. As pipeline cleaning can be an arduous job, using slug flow cleaning makes sure that it is not only done on time, but that it also gets the best possible results. Having houses, equipment and anything as such cleaned chemically truly rids of any other impurities which can become rather harmful in the long run. 

About Heatec Holding
Our subsidiary company Chem-Grow Pte Ltd provides chemical cleaning, hot oil flushing and hydrojetting solutions to the marine, petrochemical and the chemical industries.