HIGHLY BUFFERED ACID-SOLUTION CLEANS AND PASSIVATES EXCHANGERS - ACID-SOLUTION IS NONCORROSIVE, SAFE TO HANDLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY DISPOSABLE

Reboiler run time is extended and high heat transfer coefficient maint ained by removing oxide scale on tube bundles and passivating carbon s teel tubes at Quantum Chemical Co.'s production plant in Deer Park, TX . A safe-to-handle, non-corrosive, and environmentally disposable prop rietary solution does the trick.