"Degassing chemical" means different things in different industries. This page is about one, taking a hydrocarbon tank, vessel, or pipeline from full of vapor to safe for entry or hot work. Hasten Cleanse is a water-based concentrate that bonds to the hydrocarbon, suppresses the vapor it generates, and lifts the residue in the same wash. If you are degassing coffee, resin, or aluminum, this is not your product.
Bring your LEL meter to the demo. Response within one business day.
Flammable vapor comes off the liquid hydrocarbon left in a tank. Ventilation dilutes the vapor. Hasten Cleanse goes after the source.
Surfactants and fatty acids attach to the residue and the free product on walls, floor, and in sludge.
Bound hydrocarbon vaporizes more slowly. Less vapor is generated in the first place, so LEL and VOC readings fall rather than being blown out.
The same wash that suppresses vapor lifts the residue into a water suspension for the vac truck. Cleaning and degassing happen together.
Water-based, no flash point. Nothing in the tank got more dangerous because of the product.
| Situation | Dilution | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Light film, degassing is the main job | 1:50 | Spray walls and floor, ventilate per procedure |
| Typical residue, degas and clean | 1:20 | Spray or circulate, warm water helps |
| Sludge present | 1:10 | Circulate hot, 140 to 160 degrees, then vac |
| Pipeline section before hot work | 1:20 | Circulate through the section, drain, test |
| Spill scene vapor knockdown | 1:20 | Spray, then recover |
It is not a solvent and not a caustic. It will not dissolve, melt, or strip material that is physically bonded or baked onto a surface, scale, rust, hardened deposits, coatings. It lifts hydrocarbons, oil, grease, crude, sludge, and paraffin, by emulsifying them, and it needs agitation, circulation, pressure, or heat to do that work. If your problem is a stuck-on solid rather than a hydrocarbon film or residue, tell us and we will say so.
Most searches for degassing chemicals are looking for a crew, not a chemical. Hasten Cleanse is the chemical that crew uses. We supply tank cleaning contractors, refinery turnaround crews, vapor control vendors, and plant maintenance departments across the Gulf Coast, and we ship the same concentrate to operators who run their own entry program.
Crews that clean crude, product, slop, and produced water tanks add Hasten Cleanse to their circulation or spray water so the vapor space comes down while the residue lifts. One product covers the degassing step and the cleaning step, which is why contractors carry it in totes rather than two separate chemicals.
Entry permits wait on LEL, benzene, and H2S readings. A water-based vapor suppressant that bonds to the hydrocarbon lets the readings fall without steaming the vessel for days. Turnaround planners order by the tote and stage it at the unit before the outage.
Transport tanks that switch products or go in for repair need the vapor knocked down before hot work. A 1 to 20 solution sprayed or circulated through the tank does it without a flammable solvent in the truck bay.
Pigging, flushing, and vessel entry all end with the same question, what are the readings. Hasten Cleanse goes in with the flush water and leaves a non-hazardous rinse that can go to the wastewater system.
Call us anyway. We work with degassing and tank cleaning contractors throughout the Gulf Coast and can point you to one that already runs Hasten Cleanse, which means the readings on your permit come down the way they do on every job that uses it. If you already have a contractor, send them to this page. The product is sold as a full concentrate so their price per working gallon stays low.
Standard freight from Houston, one to two days.
No. Hydrocarbon tanks and vessels only.
Customers report entry clearance in a fraction of the conventional wait. We ask you to measure it on your own tank at a free demo rather than take our word.
Yes. It reduces the vapor their equipment has to handle.
Customers report H2S falling with LEL and VOC. Bring your meter.
Non-hazardous standard freight. Pails, drums, totes, bulk.
Tell us what you are degassing. A quote and demo offer back within one business day.
Call 832-655-7763