A FEW EXAMPLES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IDROMEC SYSTEM


REFINERY WATER LINE
Client: ENI - ANIC Gela (Italy)
Scope of the service: removal of thick encrustations
Pipe size: 42 km- o.dia. 24" and 26" (steel pipe)
Flow rate before cleaning: 1300 m3/h
Flow rate after cleaning: 1960 m3/h
Time to clean: 18 hours
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 50%

 

CRUDE LOADING LINE
Client: ENI - ANIC Gela (Italy)
Scope of the service:
removal of encrustations and foreign objects
Pipe size: 6 km- 8 lines - o.dia. 10"-16" and 24" (steel pipe)
Time to clean: 1 hour each line

 

COOLING WATER INTAKE FOR THERMAL POWER STATION
Client: Govt. Water Board - TUSLA (ex Yugoslavia)
Scope of the service: removal of encrustations
Pipe size: 8.5 km- o.dia. 28" (asbestos)
Flow rate before cleaning: 490 l/s
Flow rate after cleaning: 720 l/s
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 45%


OIL FIELD GATHERING SYSTEM
Client: Ö. M. W (AUSTRIA)
Scope of the service: removal of very hard encrustations
Pipe size: 50 km- o.dia. 6"-7"-8" and 12" (asbestos)


SEA WATER INTAKE FOR COKE PLANT
Client: Nuova Fornicoke - Savona (Italy)
Scope of the service: removal of encrustations and marine fouling
Pipe size: l.1 km - o.dia. 18" (steel pipe)

 

MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS
Client: Municipality of Zagreb (ex Yugoslavia)
Scope of the service: removal of tuberculation and encrustations
Pipe size: 130 km- o.dia. 6"-7"-8"-12" and 14" (cast iron)

 

MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS
Client: Municipality of Sezana (ex Yugoslavia)
Scope of the service: removal of deposits and encrustations
Pipe size: 23 km- o.dia. 8" (asbestos)
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 25%

 

WATER GATHERING
Client: Italian Railways Rome (Italy)
Scope of the service: removal of deposits and encrustations
Pipe size: 88 km- o.dia. 4"-6"-8" and 12" (cast iron and asbestos)
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 50%

 

STEEL MILL OUTFALL
Client: Italsider -Taranto (Italy)
Scope of the service: removal of heavy deposits and slurry
Pipe size: 8.4 km - o.dia. 14"-28"-40 and 48" (steel pipe)
Note: lines were plugged at 90% of the free flow area

 

MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS
Client: Municipality of Pecs (Hungary)
Scope of the service: removal of tuberculations and encrustations
Pipe size: 87 km - o.dia. 700 mm (steel and cast iron)
Flow rate before cleaning: 35000 m3/day
Flow rate after cleaning: 44000 m3/day
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 25%

 

MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS
Client: Regional Govt. of Kavminvody (Russia)
Scope of the service: removal of slurry and encrustations
Pipe size: 18.6 km - o.dia. 40" (steel pipe)
Flow rate before cleaning: 463 Lt/sec
Flow rate after cleaning: 945 Lt/sec
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 100%
Note: removed about 2000 tons of slurry and sca1es

 


MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS
Client: Municipality of Nuremberg (West Germany)
Scope of the service: cleaning and removal of encrustations
Pipe size: 13.5 km - o.dia. 26" (steel pipe)
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: about 30%

 

CRUDE OIL LINE CONVERTED INTO A WATER LINE
Client: Khalda Oil Company (Egypt)
Scope of the service: removal of encrustations and healthful interventions
Pipe size: 26 km - o.dia. 8" (steel pipe)

 

WATER INJECTION SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY OIL RECOVERY
Client: Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co.(Gupco) offshore Red Sea (Egypt)
Scope of the service: removal of encrustations and suspended solids(restoring water design purity - offshore platforms)
Pipe size: 154 km - o.dia. 8"-12"-18" and 24" (steel pipe)

 

WATER INJECTION SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY OIL RECOVERY
Client: Petrobel offshore Red Sea (Egypt)
Scope of the service: removal of encrustations and cleaning ,restoring original flow rate (offshore platforms)
Pipe size: 60 km - o.dia. 8"and 26" (steel pipe)
Increase of flow rate after cleaning: min.20% - max.27%