Power plants are a vital part of modern society. Down times not only cost the plant money, but affect the lives of literally thousands to millions of people. Because of this, it is vital that a power plant’s cleaning service be exceptionally efficient while still remaining thorough.

To that end, cleaning power plants with CO2 (dry ice blasting) has a number of major advantages over other types of cleaning media. Some of the biggest are listed below.

Chemical and Solvent Free

Dry ice pellets are made from carbon dioxide. Because of this, they contain no harmful solvents or chemical agents. This eliminates the need for the plant to store any additional chemicals or dispose of potentially toxic residue.

Longer Machinery Life

Besides being free of toxins, our process cleans intricate, moving and mechanical parts so well, that abrasive cleaning brushes are not required. These brushes can shorten the life of certain pieces of machinery.

Also, sandblasting, while effective, has the major downside of accelerating wear on machinery as it cleans. Dry ice causes no additional wear on machines and dramatically increasing their length of use.

Bring Equipment Back Online Faster

Being a vital, 24/7 environment, power plants absolutely must minimize downtime at all costs. Dry ice blasting plays a big role here. Since the pellets are able to clean effectively even in the tiniest nooks and crannies, the need to take extra time to disassemble certain mechanical parts and machinery is greatly reduced.

Reduced disassembly means a faster cleaning process. This saves the plant tremendously in cost reductions and service complaints.

A Water Free Solution

Particularly in power plants, water is often the enemy. CO2 blasting eliminates this situation by providing a totally waterless cleaning solution. This has major safety benefits in addition to reducing potential corrosion problems.

In fact, dry ice blasting can even remove chemical residue from prior industrial cleanings such as with soda or water blasting!

With no time to spare, and even less time for mistakes, a power plant cleaning service must use every advantage at its disposal. Give CO2 cleaning a try and you will discover the many advantages of using dry ice blasting in your power plants.