Patent 12011805 was granted and assigned to Candu Energy Inc. on June, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods and systems for cleaning inner surfaces of tubes in a heat exchanger. Some systems include a cleaning device having a nozzle configured to inject cleaning fluid into first and second tubes to perform different first and second cleaning cycles on the tubes, respectively, a controller configured to determine delivery parameters for the cleaning cycles based on a characteristic of each tube, and to control the cleaning device to perform the cleaning cycles based on the delivery parameters. Some methods include determining, with a controller, a tube in the heat exchanger engaged with a nozzle of a cleaning device for injecting a cleaning fluid into the tube during a cleaning cycle, a characteristic of the tube, and a delivery parameter of the cleaning cycle for the tube based on the characteristic of the tube; and performing the cleaning cycle for the tube based on the delivery parameter.