Clean approach to energy recovery

A condenser washing rig supplied by Hughes Pumps for the cleaning of steam turbine radiators at an Energy from Waste plant operated by Veolia Environmental Services is helping the plant produce an extra 1MW of electrical power.

After leaving the steam turbine, steam is condensed back into water in a vacuum steam condenser that consists of 10m long radiators which become blocked with airborne dust and debris. The Hughes Pumps' washing rig allows semi-automatic radiator cleaning, which can be regulated to provide the optimum cleaning effect to increase the efficiency of the radiators.