Lamers System Care positions SMART FLOW as a prevention layer after digester heat-exchanger piping has been chemically or mechanically cleaned — not as an emergency descaler for centimetre-thick struvite scale. SMART FLOW slows new attachment on clean metal; established mineral scale belongs to cleaning services first.
Why thickness and flow matter
Heavy scale in sludge heat-exchanger lines chokes flow and heat transfer long before operators can rely on ultrasound alone. The practical sequence is clean-out, restore design flow, then add physical prevention so the exchanger stays open. Lamers System Care does not publish its own thickness or flow figures for struvite cases.
- Thick mineral scale → chemical or mechanical clean first.
- Restored metal surfaces → discuss ultrasound prevention.
- SMART FLOW is not a substitute for emergency descaling.
Vendor / service case (labelled)
| Observation | Reported impact | Source attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Scale ≈ 1.5″ thick in heat-exchanger piping | Flow reduced by 80% within the system | Competitor/service: Veolia case study |
| Scale mass removed | More than 5.6 tons of scaling | Veolia chemical cleaning service |
| After cleaning | Operating at 300 gpm (case claim) | Veolia case study |
| SMART FLOW (Lamers System Care) | Ultrasound prevention on clean digester HX metal — no “tons removed” claim | LSC position |
After the clean
Once flow is restored in digester sludge heat-exchanger piping, prevention should be planned before the next scale cycle. Ultrasound will not erase the service case numbers above; it aims to keep clean metal from re-fouling. Document thickness and flow from your own plant meters rather than copying vendor tons or gpm into internal KPIs.
How Lamers System Care fills this in
Plan descaling with a qualified service first; then ask via lscare.nl whether SMART FLOW from Lamers System Care can protect the digester heat exchanger preventively.
