About power flush Power flushing, Jet flushing, hard flushing
Power, Jet, Hard flushing are all expressions used (in the heating trade over many years) to denote the process by
which heating systems are forcibly cleansed using water at high velocity, but low pressure, so that no physical damage
is caused to the system.
The process can be made even more effective with the addition of powerful cleansing and mobilising agents such
as FX2 and HYPER-FLUSH , from Kamco.
The objective is to restore systems with circulation and boiler noise problems (caused by sludge and corrosion deposits)
to optimum operation. Power flushing removes these deposits and the problems that they cause.
Power flushing, in conjunction with SYSTEM PRE-CLEAN , is also an
excellent way to pre-commission clean new
heating systems, to remove excess flux, swarf and other debris, and the grease and oil used to prevent rusting of components before use.
It is prudent to power flush a heating system immediately before fitting
a new boiler to an existing system to prevent possible future problems. Many systems are found to contain corrosion
and sludge, even if no flow problems have yet shown themselves.
Existing debris is often mobilised by alterations to the system/piping and the increased efficiency of the new boiler,
and may then accumulate in the boiler heat exchanger, causing noisy operation, reduced efficiency and, in extreme circumstances, failure of the boiler. The high efficiency and compactness of modern boilers, developed to minimise
fuel costs and pollution, means that they are more susceptible to problems caused by debris in the system water.
sludge, scale and corrosion deposits with minimal dismantling and disruption.
circulator pump couplings, across the tails of one radiator, or wherever most practicable. The powerful flow, combined
with instantaneous flow reverser device, will dislodge and mobilise deposits and corrosion which resist traditional
system cleaning methods.
Once the corrosion and sludge deposits have been loosened and mobilised, fresh clean water is forced through the
heating system, pushing the contaminated water out through a full bore dump valve to waste. During the CLEARFLOW˘ç process, radiators are individually flushed, without removing or disconnecting them from the system, by directing the full output of the pump through each radiator separately.
At the end of the flushing process, the system contains fresh clean water and reinstatement of the system to normal operation takes only a few minutes.
System flushing will not remedy design or mechanical faults, which should be rectified, but in many cases it will cure
the problems caused by these.
which heating systems are forcibly cleansed using water at high velocity, but low pressure, so that no physical damage
is caused to the system.
The process can be made even more effective with the addition of powerful cleansing and mobilising agents such
as FX2 and HYPER-FLUSH , from Kamco.
The objective is to restore systems with circulation and boiler noise problems (caused by sludge and corrosion deposits)
to optimum operation. Power flushing removes these deposits and the problems that they cause.
Power flushing, in conjunction with SYSTEM PRE-CLEAN , is also an
excellent way to pre-commission clean new
heating systems, to remove excess flux, swarf and other debris, and the grease and oil used to prevent rusting of components before use.
It is prudent to power flush a heating system immediately before fitting
a new boiler to an existing system to prevent possible future problems. Many systems are found to contain corrosion
and sludge, even if no flow problems have yet shown themselves.
Existing debris is often mobilised by alterations to the system/piping and the increased efficiency of the new boiler,
and may then accumulate in the boiler heat exchanger, causing noisy operation, reduced efficiency and, in extreme circumstances, failure of the boiler. The high efficiency and compactness of modern boilers, developed to minimise
fuel costs and pollution, means that they are more susceptible to problems caused by debris in the system water.
CLEARFLOW® POWER FLUSHING
The CLEARFLOW® power flushing process is a versatile, easy to use and highly effective method of flushing heating systems. By utilising the CLEARFLOW® CF30 system flushing pump, it enables heating systems to be purged ofsludge, scale and corrosion deposits with minimal dismantling and disruption.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The CLEARFLOW® power flushing pump is simply connected into the heating system, either across standard
circulator pump couplings, across the tails of one radiator, or wherever most practicable. The powerful flow, combined
with instantaneous flow reverser device, will dislodge and mobilise deposits and corrosion which resist traditional
system cleaning methods.
Once the corrosion and sludge deposits have been loosened and mobilised, fresh clean water is forced through the
heating system, pushing the contaminated water out through a full bore dump valve to waste. During the CLEARFLOW˘ç process, radiators are individually flushed, without removing or disconnecting them from the system, by directing the full output of the pump through each radiator separately.
At the end of the flushing process, the system contains fresh clean water and reinstatement of the system to normal operation takes only a few minutes.
System flushing will not remedy design or mechanical faults, which should be rectified, but in many cases it will cure
the problems caused by these.
