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When a refinery’s boilers began to fail, they asked for our advice – then hired us to save their system.
A refinery relied on another water treatment company to manage seven miles of condensate return piping. When the refinery’s boilers began to fail, the facility manager turned to us for a second opinion. This piece of pipe from the system shows classic signs of pitting corrosion from oxygenation. We analyzed the system and discovered the other company was trying to resolve the issue with chemicals rather than following best practices by operating the system under pressure, which keeps corrosive oxygen out of the pipes. We recommended injecting steam to pressurize the system and prevent oxygenation. They hired IWE to take over their water treatment program. The corrosion stopped, the refinery avoided costly repairs, and we saved them tens of thousands of dollars annually on chemical treatments.