CorLance is an AI cyber-physical system for the cleaning and maintenance of heat exchangers.
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Debris can cause lost efficiency
Heat exchangers work by transferring thermal energy from one medium to another. For example, oil flowing through the tube side of an exchanger can be cooled off by flowing river water on the other side of the tube. Fouling is the arch nemesis for heat exchangers; if debris begins to coat the tubes, heat transfer efficiency drops dramatically. As fouling gets worse, the tubes become insulated by the fouling and eventually transfer little to no heat.
Cleaning heat exchanger tubes has historically been a manual and time-consuming process, where an operator uses a lance or rod to scrape tube interiors with a wire brush or hydro-blast away debris. Operators go tube by tube, often running the lance in and out by hand. The results vary widely and often mean regular downtime for frequently repeated maintenance and cleaning cycles.
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A more precise AI tool
CorLance is a new, AI-powered cyber-physical system for exceptional cleaning and maintenance of heat exchangers. The AI system delivers autonomous, precise, and high-quality surface cleaning and maintenance. The combination of AI and pneumatic action results in a cyber-physical system that delivers unparalleled heat exchanger surface preparation.
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In conjunction with RIVEAL
CorLance’s precision tubular cleaning delivers superior ISO/NACE surface prep levels, reduces downtimes, and optimizes tubular surfaces for the application of any post-preparation surface treatments. The autonomous drive system can also be used to survey tubulars, collecting qualitative data on internal surface states.
The multitude of data collected by CorLance is then processed in Oceanit’s RIVEAL AI platform to provide pinpoint intel on tubulars in an exchanger. The use of CorLance for cleaning and tubular preparation improves the quality of application and durability of advanced surface treatments, such as Oceanit’s DragX, HeatX, or HydroPel nanocomposites.
“[CorLance] gives the operator the ability to have confidence that the job is treated with the most quality, and that every tube is treated as if it's the only tube in the world.”
CorLance doesn’t stop at heat exchangers. See how this technology can be applied to a wide span of Industries, like the power generation industry and the refining sector.
