What bad phenomena will occur if the plate heat exchanger is not cleaned?

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Plate heat exchangers have strict requirements on both the use environment
and the equipment itself. The use efficiency of a device is proportional to the
environment around it and the cleanliness of its internal parts. If the plate
heat exchanger is not cleaned, what bad phenomena will occur inside? Next, let's
learn about what bad phenomena will occur if the plate heat exchanger is not
cleaned.

What bad phenomena will occur if the plate heat exchanger is not cleaned:

1. The first obvious point is that if the equipment is not cleaned for a long
time, it will inevitably cause the internal pipes of the equipment to be
blocked. If the blockage is very serious, it will cause the heat transfer
surface of the plate heat exchanger to overheat or partially overheat. In
serious cases, it may cause the pipe to rupture and cause an accident. At the
same time, if the blockage is too serious, it will also cause the plate heat
exchanger to face shutdown and scrapping.

2. There is another situation where improper water treatment operation
results in our water quality control not meeting the standards, so that some
impurities that cannot be accepted by the equipment enter the overall process,
resulting in a large amount of scale attached to the surface of our equipment or
on the pipeline. If we do not clean the equipment frequently, it will seriously
affect the heating effect. The more common impact is that the heating does not
meet the standards, and the user end often experiences cold water and long heat
exchange time.

3. If the equipment is not cleaned in time, the filtration system will fail
and the water quality of the equipment cannot be completely filtered.

Therefore, we must prevent this phenomenon from happening and strictly
control the water quality during operation. We must test the water quality in
the system and the medium in the softening tank. If they are qualified, we can
run the process. After the equipment is working, we must check the process from
time to time and ensure that each process meets the standards, especially the
inspection of the decontaminant and filter. The pipeline is also a point that
cannot be ignored during the inspection.