Systems and methods of using cleaning robots for removing deposits from heat exchange surfaces of boilers and heat exchangers

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PATENT NO 11549766
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16582181

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A system for cleaning heat exchange tubes includes one or more cleaning robots that are assembled with the tubes. Each cleaning robot includes a housing having an opening extending therethrough for receiving one of the heat exchange tubes, a scraper blade extending into the opening of the housing, the scraper blade having an inner scraping edge that opposes the outer surface of one of the tubes, a wheel coupled with the housing for rolling over the outer surface of the tube, and a motor for driving rotation of the wheel to move the cleaning robot over the outer surface of the tube. The system includes a system controller with one or more microprocessors and one or more software programs for monitoring and controlling operation of the cleaning robots.

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SIDEL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL LLC12500 EL CAMINO REAL ATASCADERO CA 93422

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Abma, Sidney Atascadero, US 1 0
Mukherji, Parthosarothy K Pune, IN 3 2

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