Industry: Power Generation
Location: Australia-Power Station
Circumstances: Programmed maintenance shutdown of Alstom Type T190-240 rated at 48MVA generator Cleaning options:
- Chemical Cleaning: 7 to 10 days with 6 people utilizing electrical cleaning chemicals
- Dry Ice Cleaning: 3 days to clean utilizing 2 personnel & dry ice machinery
- Chemical Cleaning: 7 to 10 days with 6 people utilizing electrical cleaning chemicals
- Dry Ice Cleaning: 3 days to clean utilizing 2 personnel & dry ice machinery
- More than 4 days saved over traditional manual cleaning meaning the equipment was back making money much quicker
- Cleaning was much more through, as dry ice was able to access many of the small spaces impossible to access by hand.