Clyde Bergemann

Cleaning technology for power stations

It is impossible to imagine a world without power stations and combustors today – whether for waste disposal or energy production. Boilers form the core of these plants although combustion chambers, heat exchangers and air pre-heaters also form an important part of the inventory. They all have one thing in common: they become dirty and eventually unusable. When burning coal or oil, for example, heavy deposits accumulate in the plant boiler and make the plant unworkable in just a few months. New boilers are expensive and construction times are lengthy. ‘Old’ boilers must therefore be cleaned, with no downtime if possible. This is where the successful concept devised by Clyde Bergemann GmbH of Wesel comes into play: their cleaning system removes deposits while the plant continues to operate. This lower Rhine-based company has therefore become a world leader in cleaning technologies for power plants.

Clyde Bergemann GmbH has been operating in the field of boiler cleaning technology for over 50 years. The company’s history dates back to 1912. In 1948, the small family company of Bergemann was re-founded in Wesel. International success came in the 1990s: in 1996, this family company from the lower Rhine region merged with its Scottish competitor, Clyde.  A year later, the company also took over a US competitor. Today the Clyde Bergemann Power Group has 25 companies worldwide including companies in Africa, Europe, Asia and America as well as representatives in approx. 40 countries across the globe. Clyde Bergemann GmbH from Wesel is therefore a centre of expertise for power plants and industrial boilers, bio-mass plants and waste incinerator plants.

In North Rhine-Westphalia, all of the power plants are cleaned using Clyde Bergemann cleaning systems. The success is well-deserved: the application of effective cleaning technologies has led to an increase in the efficiency of thermal power stations and industrial boilers. Energy savings, an increase in boiler operation times and the reduction of maintenance costs and downtimes have led to cost reductions and improved use of capital.