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Engineer: CUC is using Rydlyme
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Posted on Nov 24 2008
The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is using the descaling agent Rydlyme, CUC’s engineering manager said.
In an e-mail to CUC executive director Antonio Muna, Venugopal Prabhakara clarified that the utility company is using the Rydlyme in stock.
Prabhakara said they have been using Rydlyme to clean engine parts and remove scales within the engine heads that are being reconditioned. He said the parts are immersed for 48 hours in order to remove the water scale components.
Muna earlier said CUC was unable to use the descaling agent if there were only two engines running at Power Plant 1, as is the current case.
Rydlyme, produced by Apex Engineering Products Corp., is intended to dissolve water scale deposits in cooling passages without dismantling the equipment or pipes.
CUC’s alleged questionable purchase of thousands of gallons of Rydlyme has led to the indictment of Lt. Gov. Timothy Villagomez, his sister Joaquina Villagomez Santos, her husband James Santos, and former CUC executive director Anthony Guerrero.
According to the indictment, of the 8,175 gallons of Rydlyme that remained unused at the time of the indictment, at least 1,485 gallons are in storage on Rota.
CUC reportedly experienced damage to some equipment during the 1998 to 2000 purchase of the chemical.
Despite the presence of the chemical in a storage room on Rota, the indictment stated that CUC purchased an additional 3,000 gallons in 2007, using a sole-source emergency purchase.
