This invention relates to a method of rebuilding a sootblowing
system of a
recovery furnace, said sootblowing
system including a plurality of sootblowers (1), and each sootblower (1) including a frame (10), a moveable
carriage (14) supported by the frame (10), a motor (2) for moving the
carriage (14), a lance tube (11) mounted on the
carriage (14) to be insertable into and retractable from the
recovery furnace (8), said lance tube (11) having at least one
nozzle (12), and a steam feed tube (45, 35, 15) connected to the lance tube (11) for feeding sootblowing steam to be ejected through said at least one
nozzle (12) into the
recovery furnace, said steam feed tube (45, 35, 15) having a first valve (3) arranged to admit steam through said at least one
nozzle (12) only when the carriage with the lance tube (11) is in an activated position, i.e. during retraction and introduction of the lance tube (11), wherein further providing means (4, 30) to arrange for controlled steam supply merely during a limited time period, e.g. merely during introduction.