OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF POWER PLANTS
All piles of a jetty at an LNG-plant were successfully wrapped and protected with STOPAQ products to protect them from environmental damage
AVOIDING COMPLEXITY WITH COATING
The right protective coating solutions can reduce downtime and ensure that power plant infrastructure withstands the elements
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All piles of a jetty at an LNG plant were successfully wrapped and protected with STOPAQ Wrappingband WSH, Intermediate Wrap PVC and Outerglass Shield
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f you take one thing from this article let it be this; protective coating solutions don’t need to be complex.
We are in a world where the
pressure is on to simplify solutions and systems, with fewer steps. We want efficiency but we don’t want to compromise on quality, and even more so now, we want our solutions to support a sustainable future. Protective coating solutions must also meet these requirements and provide protection to assets to extend their life and help support sustainable goals.
DESIGNING FOR REALITY For protective coatings to meet
the demands of their operational environments, we need to consider the reality in which they will exist. Whether this is a 60
c pipe in a -200 c environment, coating a 900 c pipe
without shutting it down, coating a sweating pipe in a hot environment or an extensively pitted surface where minimum surface preparation would be preferred. If we consider the latter and take
liquid coatings as an example, to achieve good adhesion, liquids need both a clean surface and an optimal surface anchor profile. This can require extensive surface preparation, often in the form of blasting. Blasting involves time, manpower, materials, tools and waste collection procedures to collect the byproduct. Unfortunately blasting is not an environmentally friendly process since much of what is produced risks contaminating both the user and the environment. Avoiding this can only be a good thing. The slicker alternative process
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