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Friday, November 1, 2019

Oxygen and Ozone Pipe System Cleaning 2019

I wrote about this a few years ago, but it's important enough to cover again. Oxygen and ozone must be handled with care, and their piping systems must be maintained by knowledgeable professionals. To do otherwise my result in violent disassembly of the apparatus resulting in serious injury or fatality.

Many Industrial ozone piping systems involve water treatment, including aquaculture, aquariums, waterparks and others. Ozone is also used in the manufacturing of a wide range of products, such as deodorant, in certain gas generators or related appurtenances and in the equipment used by dentists.

Fouled or "Dirty'' oxygen/ozone piping when not properly cleaned before being put into service have a strong possibility of containing oils, solvents, acids, dirt, welding slag, oxidized interior pipe surfaces, construction oriented debris, and other contaminating materials which when left in the piping can cause violent inline reactions. These reactions can cause serious damage, up to the possible destruction of the system and its equipment. The CGA, or Compressed Gas Association, therefore has issued directive G-4.1, specifically about the implementation of proper cleaning for oxygen services due to the serious nature dirty ozone/oxygen piping can present.

Hiring a company such as Professional Piping Services for the cleaning of your oxygen/ozone piping offers many advantages;

  • All Professional Piping Services, personnel are trained and accredited to be in compliance with OSHA29, CFR 1910.120, Health and Safety Training
  • All work is done in complete compliance with C.G.A. G-4.1
  • Provision of a pigging plan detailing procedure and methodology for the cleaning of this system, including monitoring and safety measures
  • We provide documented, extensively trained, experienced field crews with mature and knowledgeable supervision
  • Proper, knowledgeable and experienced supervision of the entire cleaning project
  • Tooling and specialized equipment specifically designed for use in the safe and reliable cleaning of ozone/oxygen piping