What is an industrial limescale remover and descaler

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Wed, 02/23/2022

Last Updated: Mon, 08/14/2023

Stamford, Conn. – February 17, 2022 – Accumulation of scale, rust, and other mineral deposits in a heating and cooling system can have a negative impact on a facility’s operational costs. Goodway Technologies offers a reminder that chemical descaling is an easy and quick way to tackle scale buildup and gain immediate system efficiencies.

“Scale is a natural occurrence and it’s likely that it will form within your system,” said Tim Fregeau, Director, Technical and Sales at Goodway Technologies. “Even the smallest amount of buildup can reduce efficiency by creating a layer that impacts the heat transfer. This also increases energy usage and can diminish the effectiveness of the entire system.”

To understand how to prevent and treat scale, it is imperative to first understand how to identify it.

What is scale?

Scale is a type of fouling caused by minerals within a water source that can fall out of suspension and accumulate any equipment that utilizes water as a heating or cooling media. Scale can adhere to the surface area and act as an insulation barrier on the heat transfer surface, which results in the loss of actual heat transfer and proper functionality. This means the equipment is using more energy to complete a routine task. And when ignored, under-deposit corrosion can develop and eat into the base of the metal causing tube or equipment failure.

How can you address scale?

Chemical descaling is an effective clean-in-place solution that doesn’t require the disassembly of equipment. During a chemical cleaning, descaling solutions are circulated through the water passages of equipment. The base ingredients in the chemical solution penetrate the scale deposits and dissolve them into a liquid suspension.

Goodway’s ScaleBreak® Liquid Descaler is an industrial solution for removing scale deposits that is easy to use and very effective. It is not a "one formula meets all" approach, which can damage sensitive underlying metals. Instead, the ScaleBreak family includes a variety of specific formulations to match the descaling blend best suited for your specific applications and base alloys. Goodway's advanced descaling formulas will efficiently and safely remove scale deposits and re-establish operational efficiencies.

Sometimes scale just isn't what it seems. The different types of scale that affect one facility could be completely different from the scale found plaguing equipment in another facility. Scale can include a variety of minerals that require a customized approach to cleaning, which is why Goodway offers consulting services to use lab driven results to determine how you need to approach the scale.

While routine maintenance is recommended, operational logs can help monitor equipment and identify any red flags. Most pieces of equipment have some form of efficiency indicator that can be monitored.

For more information on Goodway’s industrial descaling systems and chemicals, visit www.goodway.com or call 1-800-333-7467 to speak with an expert. Goodway also offers online calculators to help understand the potential cost-savings when using ScaleBreak®.

About Goodway Technologies
Founded in 1966, Goodway Technologies has been delivering better maintenance solutions for more than 55 years. Goodway Technologies provides innovative maintenance solutions for a wide variety of industries including commercial HVAC, food and beverage processing, power generation and manufacturing. Over the decades, Goodway has worked with our customers to create better solutions for tube cleaning systems, industrial vacuums, cooling tower maintenance systems, dry steam solutions, descaling systems, coil cleaning products and practically everything else for the care and maintenance of HVAC systems. Further information is available at www.goodway.com. Goodway is recognized as an ISO 9001:2015 certified company.