Industrial cleaning systems, including solutions for removing various types of deposits, and cognitive cleaning

A computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• estimating a fouling level of a heat exchanger system based, at least in part, on measured performance parameters of the heat exchanger system, the performance parameters including rate of heat exchange;
• generating a system performance cost model based on the estimated fouling level of the heat exchanger system;
• determining an initial cleaning recipe based on operational parameters of the heat exchanger system, the operational parameters including chemical composition of fluids passing through the heat exchanger system and operating temperatures of the fluids passing through the heat exchanger system;
• generating a cleaning cost model based on the initial cleaning recipe;
• calculating a cleaning schedule to minimize overall operational cost using both the system performance cost model and the cleaning cost model;
• executing the initial cleaning recipe at the heat exchanger system according to the calculated cleaning schedule;
• characterizing a fouling sample collected from the heat exchanger system during execution of the initial cleaning recipe;
• determining an updated cleaning recipe based, at least in part, on characteristics of the fouling sample;
• generating an updated cleaning cost model based on the updated cleaning recipe;
• and
• executing the updated cleaning recipe at the heat exchanger system according to the calculated schedule.