Tower chemical cleaning issues
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The purification tower equipment is to be prepared for chemical cleaning; does the demisting screen at the top of the tower need to be removed?
If the foam screen is not removed, chemical cleaning must be carried out together with the tower equipment.
Look, what material is the foam remover mesh made of? Can it come into contact with water?
Is it alkaline cleaning, acid cleaning, or solvent cleaning? Check what material the drawing screen is made of. If it can come into contact with the cleaner, there’s no need to remove it.
It mainly depends on the material; it is usually 304. If alkaline chemical cleaning is used, it will definitely be harmful to the defoaming mesh.
It depends on the chemicals you use and the material of the net
This type of cleaning is generally used to remove certain adhering substances; it causes only slight corrosion to carbon steel, and it should not pose a problem for stainless steel. It mainly depends on the data provided by the cleaning manufacturers.
Based on the material of the demister screen, determine whether the chemical cleaning agent will corrode it.
Confirm the material; it should not need to be disassembled