Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
(OP)
Good day Gents,
We are suffering from frequent blockage in the chlorine injection lines to our seawater lift pumps in offshore and the main challenge for us is deblocking of injection lines at the subservice area which is quite difficult as we have to pull the pump out of the casing in order to do so and practically not visible. Kindly requesting to share your experience and give some proposal for permanent solution as we are suffering from marine growth which is reaching to service and clogging our filters / exchangers.
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
Steve Jones
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RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
a)Line velocity may be too low. It has to be kept above 0.5m/sec to prevent solids from settling
b)Pockets in the injection lines may be where these solids are settling. Piping runs with pockets must be demolished and redone with no pockets.
From memory, I've read that pretreatment of the feedwater to the hypo generator to remove hardness ( Ca/Mg bicarbonates ) leads to better quality hypochlorite and longer life of hypo generator. This will also help to eliminate insoluble Ca/ Mg hypo from settling in these small bore injection lines.
Presume you are injecting hypo continuously, and also shock dosing at higher flowrate once a month or so also. Addition of some other biocide, such as glutaraldehyde, also helps to improve effectiveness of sodium hypo. Talk to water treatment specialist for details.
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
As are the rest of the George's comments.
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RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
Steve Jones
Corrosion Management Consultant
www.linkedin.com/in/drstevejones
All answers are personal opinions only and are in no way connected with any employer.
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
It doesn't need to be softened fresh water, but raw seawater is asking for trouble.
There are specialty chemical mixes meant to be used this way, but they cost more.
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RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
If the OP is using an electrolytic hypochlorite generator it will be a packaged unit that should have all of that good stuff built in.
Steve Jones
Corrosion Management Consultant
www.linkedin.com/in/drstevejones
All answers are personal opinions only and are in no way connected with any employer.
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
Similarly that happens when you treat raw brine with Sodium Carbonate and Caustic soda , salts of Magnesium and Calcium are precipitating .
Regular cleaning with Hydrochloric solution (5%) should be considered .
My 2 cents
Pierre
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
As you can see there is a lot of experience here, but we need your feedback to identify what your system is.
You say Chlorine injection, but we don't know in what form - Chlorine gas? Sodium hypo chloride? Something else?
Is it continuous?
How are you making the injection fluid?
Are you doing any fluid / water treatment before making Sodium hypo Chloride.
What is the velocity in the injection piping?
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RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
Thanks and again I well appreciate all your answers.
RE: Blockage Of Chlorine Injection Lines on Sea water Lift Pump
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