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							           “SAFE ACID” CLEANING

                 The New Approved
                 Method for Cleaning
                    Water Cooled
                    Components.

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                  IMAGINE ………..

              Saving millions of dollars yearly in
               ship maintenance
              Reducing new acquisition costs
              Eliminating one more major driver
               for dry-docking submarines


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           WHAT IS A “SAFE ACID”?

    It is a water like, organic, salt solution
    designed to remove unwanted calcium
    based scale and sea growth.




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           HOW “SAFE” IS IT?

 According to the Material Safety Data
 Sheet “it is not to be considered
 hazardous under normal use”.
 USDA has approved it for use in
 beverage, pharmaceutical, bottling,
 poultry and other food processing
 plants.
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           WHAT DOES IT CLEAN?


     The water side of any equipment that
    is water cooled, water heated or water
    operated.



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            PROCESS SET-UP FOR
           COMPONENT CLEANING




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  AUXILIARY GLAND EXHAUST
        CONDENSERS
 USS A. Lincoln (CVN-72) FY 99 provided
  two condensers for flushing.
 Approximately 50 tubes in each
  condenser were impossibly blocked.
  After 4 hours of flushing all tubes were
  clear and clean.

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 AFW/ASW HEAT EXCHANGER
     BEFORE CLEANING




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 AFW/ASW HEAT EXCHANGER
   AFTER A 2HR CLEANING




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            CLEANING COST
             COMPARISON
    Safe Acid Cleaning




                                                               08
    vs. Mechanical




                                                             ,2
                                                         93
                                                        $2
                                         $300,000
    Cleaning of a                        $250,000
    Submarine ASW                        $200,000                          MECHANICAL
    system.                              $150,000                          SAFE ACID




                                                                      0
    Approximately




                                                                      37
                                         $100,000





                                                                    1,
                                                                $3
                                          $50,000
    $262K in savings.                            $0



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                 WHAT ELSE?
  We have identified a cost savings for
 the ASW system aboard a submarine.
 Add carriers and auxiliary support ships
 and it “adds up”.
 The ASW system has been mentioned,
 now include plumbing, firemains,
 hydraulic oil coolers, MSW, air
 conditioning, auxiliary diesel,
 demineralizers, condensers…etc.
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           DISPOSAL COST
  Currently $12.52 per gallon when
 associated levels of hazardous material
 are found here at Puget.
 Work is being done with our Safety
 and Environmental office to reduce
 disposal cost by balancing the ph of the
 fluid and filtering the heavy metal
 content.
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 A BENCHMARK METHOD FOR
        CLEANING
 Walter Reed Army Medical Center -
  Several of their boilers have been
  cleaned in October of 1998.
 Air Liquide America - Atlanta Ga.
  Their liquid nitrogen and compressed
  gas plants. Most recently 16
  condensers at the Birmingham Al. Plant.

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              BOTTOM LINE

  The estimated 89% labor savings
 using the Safe Acid Cleaning method is
 significant enough to justify use.
 The safe acid cleaning method is a
 benchmark method for cleaning used by
 mining operations, refineries, utilities,
 manufacturers, municipalities and the
 automotive industry.
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                    WHY NOT……?
          Establish a maintenance version of
           an Advanced Technology Program
           to accelerate proving/disproving the
           benefits
          Accelerate implementation fleet-
           wide if proven effective
       Process will be utilized during SSN 759 ASW flushing at
       Point Loma, California in October 1999

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