LUBE OIL COOLER ON JOY TURBO COMPRESSOR KEPT SCALE FREE BY ED2000

 

Compressed Air Facility, Fishkill, New York Compressor

Problem A Basco Model 08060 Type 500 shell and tube heat exchanger with 3/8" copper tubes was used as a lube oil cooler in a Joy Turbo Compressor. The Joy Compressor has two Inter Coolers (plate fin, air on shell side, water on the tube side with 5/8" tubes). The lube oil cooler has oil on the shell side and cooling water on the tube side. Fouling in these lube oil coolers would cause a drop in performance after six months and needed replacement within twelve months. At the end of the twelve month period the tubes would be nearly plugged solid.

Solution: One Electronic Descaling 2000 unit was installed. The treated lube oil cooler remained in service for over one year. The annual inspection revealed no scale and in good working condition after a one year period.