Pall PRO Services
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Pall PRO Services for Element Cleaning
Today more than ever, energy industry leaders
rely on porous metal filter elements for critical
chemical, petrochemical, and polymer process
performance and environmental protection. The
technologies used in modern filtration systems
today include fiber, powder, mesh, and composite
technologies. It’s critical that companies find
reliable ways to keep these elements clean and
safe, and prevent unscheduled outages or high
element consumption.
Services Offered
Pall PRO Element Cleaning Service offers a
la carte packages ranging from spot cleaning
operations for all filter element geometry and
dimensions to complete service packages for
blowback or backwash systems. The service
includes site performance monitoring,
maintenance supervision, and upgrade.
Regardless of your metallic media technology and
application, Pall specialists can optimize the cleaning
formula for full element performance recovery.
It’s the perfect solution for customers who want
to maintain their filtration packages and control
their operating costs without dedicating additional
internal resources.
Pall PRO Service agreements offer a range of
services that can be custom-designed into a
flexible offering that can match your needs
anywhere in the life cycle of the system.
How it Works
Modern porous media cleaning requires a strategy
that encompasses the nature of the filter element
and media, the fluid, and the clean condition
assessment criteria.
Integrity testing of a filter element in a Pall Cleaning
Center to guarantee filter efficiency after the cleaning.
Pall experts can design a specific cleaning
protocol combining hydrolysis, pyrolysis, high
pressure jet, chemical and ultrasonic. It can then
be run in a single batch on the latest technology
machines, and assess the cleaning efficiency
and element integrity in a dedicated testing bay.
Additional offerings include site element
evaluation, workshop elements tube-sheet
removal or reinstallation, site systems audits,
performance monitoring, and system upgrade
engineering, execution, and supervision.
A modular custom-designed service program
can help maximize the life cycle of your system.
The above photo shows a filter disc after a cleaning
(left), and before cleaning (right).
Value of Pall PRO Services
Poorly cleaned elements exhibit a dramatic reduction in
their useful service life, and lead to high maintenance
costs and a high rate of element replacement. Proper
cleaning will help recover the elements performance and
lower overall costs.
Proper in-situ performance monitoring allows operators
to quickly identify and address any drift, thus avoiding
additional related costs.
Yearly savings can amount to more than 30% of the annual
elements costs.
Pall PRO Services gives you access to expert support
from a filtration leader that can help you:
• Recover your unit’s initial operating performance
and costs
Case Study
A Pall Solution for an Aging Blowback System
History
A Middle East petrochemical plant was having performance
issues with its blowback system, which has been in
operation for 10 years.
Challenges
• Clean an element bundle of 700+ elements,
3m high
• Safely contain potential Cr6 contamination
• Complete entire clean and assess process before
the plant shutdown
Solution
• Pall set up and supervised an on-site pre-cleaning
• Elements were cleaned in a fast timely manner
• Avoid unexpected outages
• Service provided full traceability and quality control
• Extend the useful life of aging elements
Results
• Element bundle cleaned and returned during shutdown
period
• Avoid capital expenditure and reduce total cost of
operations
• Element bundle performance restored due to cleaning
Costs
Spot cleaning pricing is based on the size of the batch
and filter elements, while service agreement annual fees
are dependent on the runtime of the agreement, and
specific requirements of the customer. Contact your local
Pall representative for more information.
• Bundle life expectancy lengthened up to four additional
years
• Element performance status assessed during cleaning
• Poorly performing and damaged elements were
rejected
State-of-the-Art Cleaning Centers
The picture on the right shows Pall’s Saudi Arabia Service
Center. It warehouses a fleet of full-sized filtration units for
rental, piloting rigs, a proximity contamination laboratory,
and a workshop. This advanced modern cleaning center
can handle full filter assemblies and loose filter elements
up to 1000 mm diameter and 3.2 m long. A complete
range of cleaning options is available, including, thermal,
mechanical (manual and robotized), and chemical, acid,
and caustic with ultrasonics. The testing bay provides
element weight, flow / DP, and bubble point testing to
complete the filter condition and performance assessment.
Pall PRO Services
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described herein, the data and procedures are subject to change without notice. Please
consult your Pall representative or visit www.pall.com to verify that this information
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February 2015