Industrial chemical cleaning

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The Ortec teams provide responsive, expert service for all chemical cleaning operations, ensuring the performance, safety and long-term reliability of your industrial facilities.

Chemical Cleaning

Performance, safety
and longevity for your equipment

As a leader in industrial cleaning, the Ortec Group keeps your equipment running at peak performance by tailoring its methods and processes to your specific operational needs.

Chemical cleaning involves circulating or spraying a water-based solution containing chemical agents through your systems.
This operation can be performed as a preventive or corrective measure, during shut-downs, while the equipment is in operation, or as part of new construction projects.

Applications

Descaling
Degreasing
Deoxidation
Decontamination
Passivation
Neutralization
Custom cleaning solutions

EQUIPMENT SERVICED

Heat exchangers: shell-and-tube, plate, Compabloc, etc.
Tanks: vessels, spheres, drums, etc.
Process circuits: butadiene, oxygen, cooling water, process lines, etc.
General equipment: piping, columns, reactors, etc.

Objectives

Improve production efficiency and quality: reduce pressure losses and enhance heat exchange performance
Optimize energy consumption: lower carbon footprint
Extend equipment lifespan: protect metallurgy and minimize corrosion
Eliminate contamination or pollution

ANALYTICAL APPROACH & TAILORED SOLUTIONS

To define the most suitable cleaning solutions for your equipment and products, Ortec Industrie Martigues relies on two key strengths: proven analytical monitoring protocols and a dedicated in-house laboratory.

ANALYTICAL MONITORING

Before every operation, a dedicated analysis protocol is established to define key monitoring parameters, analysis frequency and completion criteria according to each application. All analyses are peformed directly on site, ensuring real-time responsiveness, metallurgy protection and safe reinjection capability.

Key parameters

Temperature
Acid/base concentration
Total iron, Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺, Cu, Zn, Ni, etc.
Inhibition test
pH, RedOx potential, flow rate
Turbidity, conductivity

Analytical equipment

RESEARCH & PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT

The in-house laboratory of Ortec Industrie Martigues conducts various tests to define custom chemical cleaning procedures, guaranteeing metallurgy integrity while addressing each client’s specific technical requirements.

Types of studies

Corrosivity testing (exotic metallurgy, acid/inhibitor inhibition rates)
Dissolution studies (deposit testing, product comparison under various parameters)
Solution preparation studies