CPC G05D 7/0617 (2013.01) [B24C 3/327 (2013.01); B24C 7/0015 (2013.01); F28G 1/163 (2013.01); F28G 15/003 (2013.01); F28G 15/02 (2013.01); F28G 15/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); F28D 7/16 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of cleaning heat exchangers or tube bundles comprising:
providing a cleaning station at a set location remote from a use-position of one or more heat exchangers or tube bundles in a process or a plant, wherein the cleaning station includes water jet cleaning equipment and a control station for controlling the water jet cleaning equipment;
disengaging a heat exchanger or a tube bundle from its use-position in a process or a plant;
transporting the heat exchanger or the tube bundle from its use-position in the process or the plant to the set location of the cleaning station;
positioning the heat exchanger or the tube bundle in front of the water jet cleaning equipment at the cleaning station;
responding to programming in a computing device operatively engaged with the water jet cleaning equipment and controlling the water jet cleaning equipment and a cleaning operation using the water jet cleaning equipment;
actuating the water jet cleaning equipment with the computing device; and
performing the cleaning operation of the heat exchanger or the tube bundle with the water jet cleaning equipment under control of the programming of the computing device and by following a provided pattern of tube openings defined in an end plate of the heat exchanger or the tube bundle.
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