Multi-Phase Industrial Cleaning at Manufacturing Plant
An ethanol producer required a major cleanup of their manufacturing plant within a 24-hour period. This project required multiple tasks to be completed within an extremely tight timeline. The tasks involved included cleaning eight evaporators, cleaning multiple syrup lines, vacuum dust from a silo and scalper bin and cleaning a 35,000 gallon corn oil storage tank and sludge line.
The team assigned multiple crews and necessary project support to successfully complete the shutdown projects. The 35,000 gallon corn oil storage tank was cleaned after the syrup lines were cleaned. The tank was drained to within 8-feet of the bottom and crews pumped down the remaining material and discharged the waste water into a pit. Once the tank was empty, crews utilized non-entry tank cleaning tools and technology to clean the inside of the tank. Once the inside of the tank was cleaned the 1” sludge line leading to the CIP tank was cleaned.