Dehumidification and climate control equipment is used for corrosion prevention in refineries and chemical plants. Originally, dehumidification was being used to lower the humidity and temperature inside tanks during blasting and painting application to prevent rust bloom from appearing on the surface. Today, dehumidification is used for numerous applications in these facilities to prevent some types of corrosion.
Dehumidification will prevent corrosion during:
- Traditional blasting and painting of internal tanks or vessels
- Catalyst removal to prevent polythionic stress cracking
- Motors while out of service
- Turbines during an outage or shutdown
- External Structures within a full containment
Additional reasons for dehumidification:
- Concrete sumps to remove moisture to apply coating
- Temperature control for workers or to apply a coating
- Lunch tents or temporary work areas
Benefits of dehumidification:
- Aids in holding the blast to eliminate the blast/clean/prime daily cycle
- No more weather-related work delays
- Schedule a project any time of year
- Be able to work on a project 24 hours a day, if required
- Increased production due to ideal conditions
- Apply coating across entire area at one time
- Apply coating under proper conditions instead of unpredictable natural conditions
- Reduces inspector’s time and out of service time
- Allows your project the best chance for success and long term quality
