Safe for use on aluminum, Supreme industrial descaler is an effective and efficient heat transfer system cleaner designed to remove encrusted lime scale, rust and corrosion products from water-wetted surfaces.
Solution for Heat-Transfer Problems
Water related scale reduces heat-transfer efficiency in systems and equipment in industries from nuclear power plants to automobile engines. In addition to reducing fluid flow, 1/16th of an inch of scale creates a heat-transfer barrier equivalent to three inches of steel. Supreme industrial descaler is the solution!
Compatible Materials
Non-corrosive Supreme industrial descaler will not affect stainless steel, carbon steel, brass, admiralty metal, copper, iron, lead, aluminum, PVC plastic, polyethylene, rubber or leather when used as directed.
Non-Compatible Materials
There are none. Because Supreme industrial descaler is pH neutral (ranging from 6.0 to 8.5), it will not adversely affect metals or materials normally found in water-wetted equipment.
Safe and Biodegradable
Supreme industrial descaler is non-toxic, non-acid, and non-hazardous when used as directed. Because it is biodegradable descaler, standard disposal procedures may be followed.
Supreme Industrial Descaler Product Description
Non-Acid pH Neutral Compound Based upon Chelating Agents Venting Not Required Safe for Aluminum
Industrial Descaler (Close Loop System)
Benefits
• Removes encrusted lime scale, rust and corrosion from water-wetted surfaces.
• Non-toxic, non-hazardous and biodegradable.
• Non-acid and does not require neutralization.
• Non-corrosive and will not adversely affect the following materials: stainless steel, carbon steel, brass, admiralty metal, copper, iron, lead, aluminum, PVC plastic, polyethylene, rubber, leather or any metal or material normally found in water-wetted equipment
• Operates in a pH range from 6.0 to 8.5
• Can be disposed in municipal water handling operations.
Recommended applications
• All power plant boilers and piping systems including nuclear power plants.
• Equipment in refineries, utility companies, paper mills, chemical plants, foundries and other industries.
• Sewage disposal plants, water treating facilities and other municipal water handling operations.
• Compressor stations and radiator systems of all types including closed loop cooling systems.
• Any equipment that is water cooled in any manner or that requires the removal of multivalent metal ions.
• Applications in office buildings, hospitals and electronic facilities where accidental spills or leaks could result in adverse effects.
• Any cleaning application requiring a solution with an extremely low metal ion content.
Materials Compatibility Warning
Supreme Industrial Descaler may adversely affect materials containing magnesium or zinc. These materials should be tested to ascertain the concentration, temperature and time effects before treatment with Supreme Industrial Descaler. It is recommended that treatment be at a concentration of less than 2 percent, a temperature not over 140°F and for less than 2 hours to prevent etching.
Application Procedures
Supreme Industrial Descaler cleans by chemically tying up the multivalent metal ions in solution. The time required for any given application will depend upon the temperature available, the concentration of the Supreme Descaler solution and the quantity of scale, rust and corrosion present.
Supreme Industrial Descaler solution is most effectively used by circulating it through the equipment to be cleaned. When possible, circulation should be upflow to assure all of the internal surface is covered.
While it is difficult to provide a detail procedure for the cleaning operation, since every application is different, most applications have a number of steps in common.
1. The equipment to be cleaned (compressor, heat exchanger, pump, filter system, boiler, etc...) should be shut down, drained and a visual inspection made to ascertain the amount of scale deposited. Consult the Concentration Selection Guide for the approximate concentration of Supreme industrial Descaler to be used.
2. The equipment should be closed, filled with clean water and backflushed for 10 minutes to remove as much loose scale and debris as possible. The equipment should then be completely drained of all water.
3. A Supreme Industrial Descaler solution of appropriate strength (from Concentration Selection Guide) should be added to the system and circulated while bringing the solution to the desired temperature (100°F - 200°F).
4. Circulation should continue for two to twenty four hours depending on the quantity and composition of scale to be removed. Inspection on 2 hour intervals should give you some guide as to the appropriate length of time.
5. When the cleaning solution is spent and scale is still present repeat the cleaning process.
6. There will normally be a slight odor of ammonia as the Supreme Industrial Descaler solution is spent. The pH of the solution should also rise to approximately 8.0, however, if the pH of the water used to make the cleaning solution was very low the solution could become spent without reaching a pH of 8.0. Visual inspection is the best method of judging completion of the process.
When the cleaning process is complete, drain the system and flush with fresh water before returning it to service.
