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Maintenance and Inspection of Common Heat Exchangers
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Processor/Kettle |
Plate Heat Exchanger |
Tube in Tube |
Triple Tube |
Shell and Tube |
Scraped Surface |
| Inspection for Fouling |
| Product Side |
great |
great |
great |
great |
great |
great |
| Media Side |
n/a |
great |
average |
great |
n/a |
n/a |
| Inspection for Leakage |
| Product Side |
great |
great |
average |
great |
average |
great |
| Media Side |
great |
great |
great |
great |
great |
n/a |
| Inspection for Corrosion |
| Product Side |
great |
great |
average |
good |
great |
great |
| Media Side |
poor |
great |
poor |
average |
n/a |
n/a |
| Chemical Cleaning |
| Product Side |
great |
great |
great |
great |
great |
great |
| Media Side |
n/a |
great |
great |
great |
great |
n/a |
| Manual Cleaning |
| Product Side |
great |
great |
average |
poor |
great |
great |
| Media Side |
n/a |
great |
poor |
poor |
n/a |
n/a |
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| Repair |
poor |
great |
poor |
average |
good |
great |
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