Case Study
Repairing Corroded Injection Water Pipes in the Cooling Tower of CSR Macknade Sugar Mill
©2008 Sponge-Jet Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Repairing Corroded Injection Water Pipes in the Cooling Tower of CSR Macknade Sugar Mill Overview: • CSR Sugar Mill, Macknade • Single "train" mill capable of crushing over 1.5 million tons of sugar cane • Routine engineering inspection of the cooling tower revealed injection water pipes had been eaten away in places by corrosion Objective: Repair corroded/leaking pipe sections by abrasive blasting and applying high-build composite coating Project 868 ©2008 Sponge-Jet Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Repairing Corroded Injection Water Pipes in the Cooling Tower of CSR Macknade Sugar Mill • Injection water pipes are 5m(16.5ft) underground • Concrete sections run nearly 100m (328ft) where they join steel sections and a spl