Patent ID: 11933556
Assignee: USA DEBUSK LLC
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A vapor blast heat exchanger tube bundle cleaning system comprising:
a nozzle positioning system comprising:
a nozzle holder configured to secure nozzles in a nozzle arrangement, the nozzle arrangement corresponding to an arrangement of tubes of a tube bundle;
a nozzle holder positioning system configured to move the nozzle holder and the nozzles secured therein relative to the tube bundle in a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension; and
a nozzle position controller configured to control the nozzle holder positioning system to move the nozzles in the third dimension to position outlets of the nozzles into engagement with inlets of the tubes of the tube bundle such that the nozzles are positioned to direct a cleaning fluid comprising a mixture of water vapor and media into the inlets of the tubes of the tube bundle while the inlets of the tubes of the tube bundle are engaged by the outlets of the nozzles to provide a vapor blast cleanse of the tubes of the tube bundle.