IGS | Integrated Global Services published a case study detailing how refractory dust and debris fouled the convection section during a plant shutdown window, restricting heat transfer and increasing firing demand and stack temperatures.
Published
Signal category
Operations & Supply
Quote
“Extensive refractory dust and debris had fouled the convection section, restricting heat transfer and potentially increasing firing demand and stack temperatures.”
— IGS | Integrated Global Services team
Company
IGS | Integrated Global Services
Integrity, Reliability, Environmental & Efficiency Solutions
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Richmond, US
- Company size
- 369 employees
Integrated Global Services (IGS) solves asset integrity, reliability, efficiency, and environmental problems for the energy, petrochemical, refining, power generation, and paper industries around the world. The company designs solutions that increase plant capacity, increase equipment availability, and reduce unplanned downtime. IGS is the largest, most innovative source for customized on-site and in-shop metal cladding. The namesake of on-site thermal spray, IGS’s proprietary Metalspray® cladding solves challenging corrosion and erosion problems that threaten to shorten the useful life of equipment through the safe, quick deployment of technology applied in the most challenging physical environment. IGS aims to partner with asset owners, inspection teams, turnaround planners and process managers to optimize the performance and life of their mission-critical equipment.
Founded 1975