Case Study
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Case Study: Didcot A Power Station - Removal of Epoxy Resin from Condensor Tubes Operator: RWE Npower Removal of epoxy resin from the internals of 1" condenser tubes to allow IRIS inspection by use of Ultra High Pressure water jetting technology. Sureclean Scope Provide manpower and UHP water jettting equipment to remove an expoxy resin from the internals of 1" condenser tubes, housed within a tube bundle configuration, to allow IRIS inspection. Technical Challenge Previous cleaning techniques including chemical cleaning has proven to be ineffective. The resin lining was internally located 6" form the end of each tube which added to the difficulty factor. A safe and effective system of work was implemented by removing each bundle from the main system and locat