Lhasa 21 Inn

An Inn in Tibet installs the Vulcan to remove scale after large financial equipment loss

Vulcan used to prevent the buildup of mineral scale in an Inn and to protect appliances, equipment and piping systems from the destructive effects of mineral scale.

Model: Vulcan V5000 
Location: Tibet (China)
Installation Area:  Main water pipe line

In April 2017, a 6-ton tubular solar water heating system was installed. Without any water treatment, as of May 2018, due to the serious scaling problems, manual descaling and system maintenance had been attempted 3 times. Solar glass tubes, headers, valves, pumps, etc. had to be replaced incurring a large loss for the Inn.

Pipe joint fittings had to be replaced because of scale and rust

Heating rods were damaged by mineral scale

The Result

1. After installing Vulcan 5000 for 1 month, the scales of the shower heads have been significantly reduced

2. The scales on the float valve in the hot water tank have been softened, they can easily be tapped off

3. After 3 months of installation, we cleaned the hot water tank, and found a large amount of scales were drained out. The photo below is the scales removed from the water tank. Also, the heat transfer efficiency of the solar system has been significantly improved, the performance almost has stayed the same just like the beginning of installing Vulcan.

Scale removed from the water tank, after installing V5000 for 3 months.