The company provides comprehensive maintenance tips to ensure optimal performance and longevity of tower and internals systems. Regular maintenance schedules should include:
- Monthly inspections: Visual check of manway openings for corrosion, gasket degradation, and loose fasteners; ultrasonic thickness measurement of tower walls (corrosion allowance monitoring).
- Quarterly maintenance: Cleaning of liquid distributors (mechanical brushing or high-pressure water jetting, 80 - 100 bar) to remove scaling; inspection of gas distributor spargers for clogging (flow velocity verification, 10 - 15 m/s).
- Annual overhauls: Removal and detailed inspection of packing supports (crack detection via dye penetrant testing); replacement of worn mist eliminator elements (mesh density check, 100 - 200 kg/m³).
For fouling-prone services (e.g., high TAN crude distillation), consider periodic chemical cleaning (solvent flushing with inhibited acids) to reduce downtime. Thermal imaging of tower shells can detect hot spots (temperature variations > 15°C) indicating internal issues. Pressure drop monitoring (differential pressure transmitters with alarm setpoints) helps predict packing flooding or distributor blockage.