Industry Solutions

Power Plants

Of all the problems that could beset a power generating station’s circulating water system, fowling and corrosion are the ones that most challenge a system’s efficiency and productivity. The environment inside a circulating water system contains various amounts of silts and dissolved solids, and this water condition can lead to significant corrosion and/or erosion problems and is compounded with the possibility of enhanced biological growth such as MIC, and many types of marine organisms such as mussels, barnacles, oysters and algae. This activity can take its toll on the inner surfaces of the condensers, waterboxes, heat exchangers, intake and outtake water pipelines and tunnels, pumps, basins, trash racks and traveling screens.

Duromar, Inc recognized early that the key to solving many of these problems would be in the use of specialty formulated 2-part epoxy systems. The products are all 100% solids, zero VOC, solvent-free epoxy systems. The products are safe to use and apply, fast curing, and moisture tolerant (including under water conditions). Correctly applied, these products eliminate galvanic corrosion problems, abrasion and erosion losses, and the in-leaking of ground water. Biological and marine growth is also minimized using these epoxies and can be completely controlled by the addition of Duromar’s foul-release system.