Personnel from Sulca Trading Corporation traveled for three days to an island in the Netherlands Antilles to conduct a technical inspection visit to the facilities of one of the largest hotels on the island, whose name is kept private for reasons of client confidentiality.
The technical inspection focused on the external inspection of the equipment and the performance of thermographic analyses on the Alfa Laval plate and gasket heat exchangers. These units are crucial for the hotel as they are part of the cooling system for the service and retail areas. The activity was carried out in collaboration with the hotel’s maintenance management team.
Using the information gathered in the field, a thermographic analysis was conducted, and with the technical support of Sulca/Alfa Laval, a technical report was prepared to illustrate the operational condition of the equipment at the time and to predict, using advanced AI tools developed by Alfa Laval, the remaining service life of the gaskets. The report also suggested replacing titanium plates affected by mechanical damage and corrosion resulting from direct contact with seawater.
Figure 1. Hotel machine room with the plate heat exchangers and sea water manifold.
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