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Fouling in fired heater convection sections can lead to higher stack temperatures, increased fuel consumption and lost thermal efficiency. IGS TubeTech® ROVEX® removes stubborn deposits from convection tubes, helping operators recover performance and reduce fuel consumption. See where your fired heater could be operating more efficiently. Request your free thermal efficiency audit.

HVTS cladding works—and this time we had the rare opportunity to prove it through destructive testing: After more than five years and approximately 50,000 operating hours inside a crude distillation column, removed samples were subjected to detailed laboratory examination. The results confirmed a dense, continuous HVTS barrier with retained nominal thickness and no observed corrosion of the protected substrate—while adjacent unprotected carbon steel showed significant metal loss and deep pitting. This is not theoretical performance. It is direct evidence from actual refinery service! With European refinery outages already taking shape for the next 24 months, distillation columns, amine absorbers/regenerators and crude-unit desalters remain important targets for early integrity planning and IGS is currently preparing the next jobs: Depending on inspection findings, HVTS will be used alone as a corrosion barrier or combined with weld overlay where local metal restoration is required. Planning an upcoming outage? Contact us and let’s evaluate the most effective strategy before the scope is frozen.

Proven across 600+ CFB applications worldwide. Move from reactive tube repairs and recurring pressure-part work to a proactive CFB boiler maintenance strategy. IGS SMARTGard® helps operators control tube wastage, extend operating cycles and plan future outage scopes with greater confidence.

What if recurring CFB boiler repairs didn’t have to dictate your outage schedule? A European CFB plant moved from quarterly interventions to planned annual inspections, using a more proactive approach to identify wear, protect high-risk areas and monitor performance over time. The result: fewer interventions, greater outage predictability and a more manageable approach to long-term boiler reliability.

The 'safe' response to a hot spot is often the one most likely to crack your heater. A hot spot shows up on a fired heater. The reflex is almost automatic: shut it down, or "ride it out" to the next turnaround. Here's the uncomfortable part — both of those "safe" choices can be the riskiest thing you do. Shut down in a hurry, and you rarely get the controlled cool-down ramp. Pull the temperature too fast, and you thermally shock the refractory and tubes: fresh cracks, spalling, mechanical fatigue on welds and supports. You went in to fix one hot spot and came out with three. "Ride it out" isn't free either. That hot spot doesn't wait politely for your schedule — the shell keeps oxidizing and creeping, anchors let go, refractory drops away in a cascade, and the tubes and downstream equipment inherit the risk. Best case: a much bigger repair at the turnaround. Worst case: a tube or shell lets go first, and now the shutdown is unplanned. The option most people don't consider: repair it hot, on-stream, while the unit stays at steady state — no cool-down, no restart, no thermal shock at all. I'm genuinely curious where the room lands on this: → When is shutting down still the right call? → Has anyone been burned by a "temporary" fix that outlasted the equipment? → Or by a rushed cooldown that caused more damage than the original problem? Not looking for the textbook answer. Looking for what actually happened in your plant. #FiredHeaters #Refining #Reliability #Turnaround #Maintenance #ProcessSafety #Petrochemical

En todo el mundo, los operadores están extendiendo los períodos de operación y postergando las paradas de mantenimiento. Los servicios de Hot-tek™ de IGS ayudan a resolver problemas críticos en calentadores a fuego mientras las unidades permanecen en operación. Ya sea que esté enfrentando: - Puntos calientes - Degradación de tubos - Ensuciamiento de la convección - Pérdidas de rendimiento Nuestros equipos de campo pueden movilizarse rápidamente para ayudar a restablecer la confiabilidad y ganar tiempo operativo valioso.