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AquaLazing

A B&W exclusive service, AquaLazing is an advanced, high-pressure water jetting process that can effectively clean piping systems and critical plant components of mill-scale, construction debris and process deposits. AquaLazing can be applied to piping systems that typically require Chemical Cleaning services, reducing pre-commissioning costs and environmental impacts.

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Steam Blowing

B&W Energy Services offers the most effective and safest equipment available during Steam Blows. We maintain the largest inventory of Dry Silencers in the industry, and our extensive inventory allows us to significantly reduce project costs and environmental impact by reducing project water consumption during steam blowing, while still meeting the most stringent project noise requirements.

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Chemical Cleaning

Our team uses the lowest-risk chemical cleaning solutions on the market, and our circulation hoses are designed with the highest-quality equipment available, and we effectively eliminate all risk for leaks from our pipe spools. Plus, B&W provides custom solutions, making the most of advanced, unique equipment designs from our top engineers.

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Air Blowing

Remove water and debris from your piping systems with minimal disruption. B&W Energy Services’ Air Blow service effectively clears water, construction debris, sand and dirt from your piping systems with little disturbance to surrounding work activities. With our purpose-built air blow equipment and extensive training, you can ensure B&W’s air blow services will be performed safely and effectively regardless of project size.

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Oil Flushing

Reduce the time it takes to perform flushing services from months to weeks with B&W Energy Services. Our high-velocity flushing skids are designed by our in-house engineering team and include integrated pumping, filtration and heating components for minimum footprint during setup. This gives our team rapid mobilization capabilities and reduces rig-up time once on site.

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Pigging

Remove water, debris and other contaminants from your piping systems with the help of our experienced team. Maintaining clean piping systems is crucial for the success of any project, and we’re committed to ensuring that they remain in tip-top shape. B&W provides tailored support through each step of the pigging process, from selecting the ideal pig to design to execution.

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Project Management

We know project management during construction and commissioning is complex, often with millions of dollars at stake if not managed correctly. Why leave the management of this undertaking up to chance? B&W Energy Services acts as your single point of contact for all the services you need, from engineering to commissioning and everything in between. We have a great depth of experience supervising mechanical work and supplementing your commissioning team to align construction turnover with cleaning and start-up, saving you costs and schedule delays during project engineering.

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Pulse Flushing

Our Pulse Flushing equipment utilizes coded pressure-tested vessels and is built to SPEC, which incorporates safety requirements to protect our personnel and your employees. Plus, we don’t just ship equipment to your site for this cleaning event—our equipment is pre-engineered to develop the shortest, safest and quickest method for effectively cleaning the system.

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Hydrotesting

B&W can design an integrated Hydrotesting and cleaning program that eliminates wasted man-hours and unnecessary costs on repeat activities. Our qualified and trained professionals guarantee Hydrotests are performed safely and effectively, and our Hydrotests are accompanied by comprehensive engineering procedures to confirm all safety protocols are followed.

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Inspections

Our inspection services are a vital approach to ensuring the safety and efficiency of each project. We can provide you with real time data on the condition of your systems before cleaning, allowing teams to make informed decisions on best approach and cleaning techniques. We also provide documentation of results and effectiveness post-cleaning. Eliminate assumptions or guesswork regarding the condition of your systems by engaging with our team for inspections.

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Pre-Commissioning And Commissioning Services

B&W Energy Services offers the most comprehensive pre-commissioning and commissioning in the industry. From industrial cleaning services like our uniquely-designed AquaLazing to Steam Blows and Chemical Cleaning, we take care of all your service needs. Our engineering team works in tandem with the industry’s leading engineering and construction firms to develop effective and measurable cleaning programs we use on the world’s largest and most complex projects.
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The Evolution of Steam Blow Cleaning Services

The Evolution of Steam Blow Cleaning Services

The Evolution of Steam Blow Cleaning Services

All new thermal power plants, refineries or expansion projects require some kind of steam blow process to clean the system prior to startup and operation. Steam blows are necessary to protect the turbine or plant equipment from damage upon startup or during operation, which could cost plant owners millions of dollars in repairs and even more in unscheduled down time.

The first steam blows were unbelievably noisy and unsafe, and in most cases even louder than a modern jet engine at full speed. With an open-ended pipe venting high velocity steam straight into the atmosphere, steam blows were known to break glass windows in buildings or nearby offices. As a result of the noise concerns and related safety issues, alternative steam blow methods were sought after and developed. High-pressure, quick-opening steam blow valves were introduced, along with water injection into the temporary steam exit piping to reduce the venting steam velocities. This led to the exhaustive steam blow, or “puff blow”, method for cleaning steam systems—a process that could be performed in a safer manner and with less noise than previous methods. This was a major development in solving part of the equation.

Although the noise issue was conquered, there was still a ways to go in the evolution of the steam blow process. As a result of the high pressures required for exhaustive steam blows, the permanent and temporary systems were subjected to very high vibrations and stresses. In addition to stress concerns, exhaustive steam blowing on larger systems could take several weeks, or even months, to achieve cleanliness levels required by most turbine manufacturers or plant engineers.

It wasn’t until much later that these shortcomings were addressed with the introduction of the low-pressure continuous steam blow process. This process has become the industry standard for steam blowing today, and is widely used on new construction projects around the globe. Steam blows could finally be performed around the clock, with minimal disruption to surrounding work activities. This resulted in a major reduction in the time required to clean the systems to turbine OEM acceptance criteria, and also allowed project managers to more accurately plan for this critical path activity.

B&W Energy Services will continue to seek out new innovations that can help conserve time and the environment, if it can be done safely– like our “Dry Silencer”, which eliminated the need for water injection into the temporary steam blow piping, and our AquaLazing services, which further schedule reduction of steam blows. See our December whitepaper on AquaLazing for information on real world savings. By continuing with improvements that have major impacts on the success of your project, B&W will remain the premier provider of these services for years to come.

By: Dennis Miller 01/17/16 Category: Blog

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B&W is an ISO9001:2015 company, which highlights our commitment to quality. Through commitment, dedication, and unmatched service quality, B&W Energy Services has positioned itself as an industry leader providing services on the world’s most complex projects. Our experience is not simply limited to the power energy sector. At B&W Energy Services our experience is vast, covering all energy sectors including oil and gas, petrochemical, power and renewable. Aqualazing, steam blowing, chemical cleaning, air blowing, oil flushing, hydrotesting, project management and engineering.