Boiler Descalant

Descalants or Descaling Agents are chemical compounds that effectively dissolves, disperse or purge the scales, rust and soil deposits from heat exchangers and pipelines by means of re-circulation method, fill and soak method or immersion method. A descalant is always designed by keeping in mind the type of deposit and metallurgy of the system. Proper Corrosion Inhibitors are added in descalants to avoid damage to system metals.

After acidic descaling of system, it is important to passivate and neutralize the system with proper Passivating Agents for avoiding chances of flash rusting after descaling.

In some cases Scale Softeners and mechanical means like brushing and scrubbing of tubes is also required for heavily fouled systems.

Descaling is a labor oriented job and requires system downtime. Hence, the use of alternatives such as Online Descalants and Antiscalants are getting popular.

Chemtex offers a wide range of descalants under its registered trade names for various types of small, medium and large size boilers.