GIBSON CHEMICAL CORP.

The first treatment water receives as it enters a plant is extremely important. Reducing the hardness and suspended solids through chemical treatment allows a plant to operate boilers and cooling systems at higher cycles of concentration.

Scale deposits, microbiological growth and other foulants that impede heat transfer cause the wasting of energy in cooling water systems. All can be controlled through the correct application of chemical inhibitors, dispersants and microbiocides. With clean waterside surfaces in heat exchange equipment, heat is transferred from the process medium to the cooling water with maximum efficiency and water can be pumped through piping and other equipment with minimum energy-consuming effort.

Incomplete liquid or solid fuel combustion creates soot (unburned carbon) deposits and unsightly stack emissions. GIBSON solution programs, with efficient combustion catalysts, can minimize soot deposits and unburned carbon emissions with increasing amounts of excess combustion air.

These deposits can lead to loss of heat transfer efficiency and to plugged gas passages, ultimately requiring boiler shutdown and costly maintenance. GIBSON solution programs, formulated with slag modifiers, minimize deposit build up and alter deposit characteristics, thereby improving heat transfer efficiency and reducing maintenance costs.

Fireside corrosion in combustion systems can damage equipment and ultimately necessitate its replacement. GIBSON solution programs, which include effective corrosion inhibitors, minimize the potential for metal wastage from corrosive attack. Controlling corrosion save costly downtime and eliminates the expensive material and labor costs that accompany retubing of furnace sections.