Fouling Mitigation of Industrial Heat-Exchange Equipment Proceedings of "Fouling Mitigation of Industrial Heat-Exchange Equipment," An International Conference, San Luis Obispo, California, USA, June 1995

C. B. Panchal Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL T. Reg Bott School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom E. F. C. Somerscales Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY S. Toyama Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

These Engineering Foundation Proceedings resulted from the International Conference on the Fouling Mitigation of Industrial Heat Exchangers held in California in 1995. The goal of the conference was to bring together researchers and engineers in industrial organizations who are interested in methods of mitigating fouling of heat transfer equipment. The conference focused on methods of mitigating fouling, energy efficiency, environmental problems and product costs. The 60 papers presented are classified under these main topics: * Water Fouling - Biofouling * Water Fouling - Crystallization Fouling * Organic-Fluid Fouling * Fouling in Plate Heat Exchangers and Food Processing Fouling Also covered are general topics ranging from a review of particulate fouling literature to a review of an expert system for fouling assessment of industrial heat exchangers.



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