A hydroblaster includes a carriage. A plurality of bearings is rotatably mounted to the carriage at a bottom portion of the carriage. A plurality of legs is mounted to the carriage at the bottom portion of the carriage. The plurality of legs extend downwardly from the bottom portion of the carriage past the plurality of bearings. A fluid conduit is disposed on the carriage at a top portion of the carriage. A first motor is mounted to the carriage at the top portion of the carriage. The first motor is coupled to the fluid conduit such that the first motor is operable to rotate the fluid conduit. A second motor is mounted to the carriage at the top portion of the carriage. The second motor is coupled to a gear positioned at the bottom portion of the carriage such that the second motor is operable to rotate the gear.

A heat exchange system includes a shell having an interior with an inlet and an outlet wherein a first fluid circuit is defined from the inlet, through a heat exchange volume within the interior of the shell, to the outlet. A tubesheet is mounted within the shell dividing between the heat exchange volume and a plenum of a second fluid circuit within the interior of the shell. A set of tubes extends through the heat exchange volume, a respective interior passage of each tube being in fluid communication with the plenum through a respective opening though the tubesheet. The second fluid circuit includes the plenum and interior passages of the tubes. A spray nozzle is mounted in the plenum of the second fluid circuit with a spray outlet directed toward the tubesheet for cleaning the tubesheet with a submerged impingement jet issued from the spray nozzle.

A heat exchange system includes a shell having an interior with an inlet and an outlet wherein a first fluid circuit is defined from the inlet, through a heat exchange volume within the interior of the shell, to the outlet. A tubesheet is mounted within the shell dividing between the heat exchange volume and a plenum of a second fluid circuit within the interior of the shell. A set of tubes extends through the heat exchange volume, a respective interior passage of each tube being in fluid communication with the plenum through a respective opening though the tubesheet. The second fluid circuit includes the plenum and interior passages of the tubes. A spray nozzle is mounted in the plenum of the second fluid circuit with a spray outlet directed toward the tubesheet for cleaning the tubesheet with a submerged impingement jet issued from the spray nozzle.

A machine comprising: a lance, the lance configured to clean insides of tubes; a guide way positioned near the tubes; a transversal drive support slidable on the guide way and configured to move the lance along the guide way towards an insertion head; a rotational drive coupled to the lance for controlling rotation of the lance; and a feeding system coupled to the lance, wherein the guide way forms at least one supporting lance channel over a length of the guide way, the at least one channel forming an enclosure from all sides for guiding the lance, whereby a part on the circumference of the enclosure is made of a flexible lip, which lip can be locally bent by deflectors travelling with the lance.

Improved heat exchanger systems and processes for cooling recycled off-gas in high pressure low-density polyethylene production. A system for exchanging heat between a first material and a second material can include a shell for containing the first material therein, a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell for containing the second material therein, a tube sheet disposed at an end of the shell for restricting flow of the second material to the shell, and at least one collector conduit disposed exterior to the shell for receiving at least one end of the plurality of tubes, wherein at least one of the plurality of tubes extend through the tube sheet to the collector conduit. A cleaning tool can be disposed within the collector conduit for cleaning the tubes. A process for cooling a gas stream can include introducing the gas stream to the heat exchanger system provided herein.

A method for manufacturing a water-absorbent resin includes a cleaning step of cleaning the inside of a heat exchanger that is connected to a vessel holding an aqueous gel-like polymer as a precursor of the water-absorbent resin and is configured to cool a gas containing the polymer generated in the vessel. The heat exchanger, and includes: a plurality of pipes that have an elongated path through which the gas passes, in which the gas is cooled due to heat dissipation during passage through the paths; a chamber that is arranged above the plurality of pipes and is in communication with openings at upper ends of the plurality of pipes; and a cleaner that sprays a cleaning liquid in the chamber. The cleaning step includes at least cleaning the inside of the chamber by spraying the cleaning liquid from the cleaner in the chamber.

A method for manufacturing a water-absorbent resin includes a cleaning step of cleaning the inside of a heat exchanger that is connected to a vessel holding an aqueous gel-like polymer as a precursor of the water-absorbent resin and is configured to cool a gas containing the polymer generated in the vessel. The heat exchanger, and includes: a plurality of pipes that have an elongated path through which the gas passes, in which the gas is cooled due to heat dissipation during passage through the paths; a chamber that is arranged above the plurality of pipes and is in communication with openings at upper ends of the plurality of pipes; and a cleaner that sprays a cleaning liquid in the chamber. The cleaning step includes at least cleaning the inside of the chamber by spraying the cleaning liquid from the cleaner in the chamber.

A cleaning system includes an explosive subsystem including: a plurality of detonation cords extending along a direction different from a vertical direction; and a locating assembly locating the plurality of detonation cords relative to each other. The locating assembly spaces each of the detonation cords apart from a system to be cleaned. The cleaning system includes a pressurized air blower assembly adjacent a portion of the system to be cleaned, the pressurized air blower assembly being configured to direct pressurized air towards the portion of the system to be cleaned after the detonation cords have been exploded.

A cleaning system and method includes suspending and exploding, adjacent a bank of HRSG finned-tubing, a plurality of generally uniformly spaced detonation cords. Each detonation cord has an explosive grain loading of 18-50 grains per foot. A detonation delay assembly attached to each of the plurality of detonation cords creates a predetermined delay between each detonation cord explosion. After the detonation cords are exploded, a suspended elongated beam, having a transport assembly and a pressurized air blower assembly directs pressurized air towards an adjacent the bank of HRSG finned-tubing as the pressurized air blower assembly is moved along a portion of the beam. A suspension assembly moves the beam, the transport assembly, and the pressurized air blower assembly up or down so that a next portion of the bank of HRSG finned-tubing may be cleaned by the pressurized air.

A cleaning system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a spray cleaning head configured to expel a flow of fluid. The spray cleaning head is moveable along a cleaning path. The system further includes a control unit configured to control movement of the spray cleaning head along the cleaning path automatically. A method is also disclosed.