B - Operations – Transporting – 08 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
08
B
257/1, 15/12
B08B 9/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1313525
INSIDE DIAMETER TUBE CLEANING SYSTEM, TUBE CLEANERS, AND METHOD ABSTRACT Recirculating tube cleaners pass through inside diameters in a bank of heat exchanger tubes. Variable density tube cleaners are provided which are pressurized to compress and have a substantially neu- tral buoyancy upon entry from an inlet manifold to the inside diameter of the tubes. Upon exiting from a heat exchanger outlet manifold, the tube cleaners return to either positive or negative buoyancy de- pending upon the embodiment. Skimmer means inter- cept tube cleaners having positive buoyancy from the upper portion of flow and direct them to a recircula- tion system. Open cell elastomer tube cleaners having negative buoyancy may be intercepted at the bottom of the flow and then partially dewatered for adjustment toward neutral buoyance. As contrasted to prior art embodiments in which the entire outlet flow must be screened, here only a small percentage, for example one percent of the outlet flow, need be intercepted. The tube cleaners are re-entrained in a pumped stream and reintroduced for circulation through the tube bank under pressure. The tube cleaners are made to have a density such that they approach neutral buoyancy for equal distribution through upper and lower tubes. A tube cleaner may be formed of two components, a clean- ing component and a buoyancy component. Variation in density in response to pressure may be limited.
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Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Superior I.d. Tube Cleaners Inc.
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