Award Winner: SHOCKSystem™ Earns Gold CQIA
Implementing quality and innovation, Pratt & Whitney received the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Gold Designation for its next generation boiler cleaning product, the SHOCKSystem™.

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White Paper: Tube Erosion
Conventional sootblowers increase tube wear by entraining ash particles at high velocity during operation. Industry data suggests one in every seven tube leaks may be attributable to erosion caused by conventional sootblower methods.

In comparison, the SHOCKSystem™ is tube-friendly. Field experience confirms its cleaning process effectively removes deposits without disturbing the tube's protective oxide surface layer.

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AEP will operate the SHOCKSystem™ in both of its 1,300 MW coal boilers to remove ash accumulations and improve overall boiler efficiencies. In four days of initial operations, over 300,000 lbs of ash were removed.

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The cutting-edge technology behind the SHOCKSystem™ comes directly from the aerospace industry.

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SHOCKSYSTEM™
BOILER BENEFITS
Improve Efficiency, Cut Operating Costs
Offering installation flexibility, simple maintenance and superior cleaning power, the SHOCKSystem™ improves boiler efficiency and plant availability while decreasing operating and maintenance costs.    read more

SHOCKSYSTEM™
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Significant Yearly Savings
Based on a 30 MW increase in capacity, installing a single SHOCKSystem™ in an economizer of a 300 MW boiler can result in more than $9 million per year in savings.     read more

SHOCKSYSTEM™
HOW IT WORKS
Remove Ash While Online
The ash removal process is based on an advanced propulsion technology, known as pulse detonation. The blast wave created by the detonation interacts with and breaks the bond between ash compounds.    read more

THREE MAIN
SUBSYSTEMS
Mechanical, Gas and Control System
At the heart of the SHOCKSystem™ is the combustor, which directionally exhausts blast waves into the boiler at strategic locations.    read more
Mechanical
Flexible design handles space constraints and obstacles
Gas Supply
The fuel source can be almost any hydrocarbon -- such as propane.
Control System
A Programmable Logic Control and Human Machine Interface controls operation
IMPROVES EFFICIENCY AND MINIMIZES BOILER DOWNTIME
Advanced Boiler Cleaning System
The SHOCKSystem's™ advanced systems provide decision support, enabling operators to maximize boiler cleaning and operating decisions.

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BOILER MAINTENANCE:
SHOCKINGLY CLEAN BOILER
Controlled Detonation Propagation
The SHOCKSystem's™ blast wave removes platenization and gas lane pluggage while keeping the underlying protective oxide layer intact.

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Manufacturer's Representitive
Opportunities
If your company has an extensive knowledge of the coal-fired power generation industry, an exceptional record of successful representation and year-over-year revenue growth, then Pratt & Whitney would like to hear from you.

To become a manufacturer's representitive for the SHOCKSystem™ ash removal system please forward your corporate line card and a cover letter explaining your successes and challenges for the last 7-10 years to our corporate office.