Proceedings of an International Conference on Mitigation of Heat Exchanger Fouling and Its Economic and Environmental Implications

ISBN Print: 1-56700-172-6

After the successful Conference at Castel Vecchio "Understanding Heat Exchanger Fouling and its Mitigation", Pascoli, Italy in 1997, it was agreed to hold a further conference in the United Engineering Foundation series on fouling in heat transfer equipment, during 1999. The concept of the meeting was to bring interested engineers and scientists together to review more recent work and to examine ways in which the topic could be developed for the benefit of the process industries and the environment. All aspects of fouling in relation to design, operation, maintenance and cleaning of heat exchangers were discussed.
These proceedings provide a record of the papers that were presented at the meeting, after they had been improved according to the suggestions of the referees.
The arrangement of the papers has been modified slightly to that used at the Conference, to improve the grouping of related topics.

Table of contents

Predicting Level Of Fouling Using Neural Network Approach Anwar K. Sheikh, M. Kamran Raza, Syed M. Zubair, M. O. Budair DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.40 pages 27-41
GAS SIDE FOULING IN REFUSE-WASTE INCINERATORS. prediction of local deposition rates M. C. van Beek, Camilo C. M. Rindt, Anton A. van Steenhoven, J. G. Wijers DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.50 pages 42-49
FOULING MONITORING ON PROCESS PLANT - FIELD EXPERIENCE N. F. Glen, J. H. Howarth , A. M. Jenkins DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.80 pages 70-76
PERFORMANCE BASED MONITORING AND ADDITIVE CONTROL E. S. Beardwood , G. F. Hays DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.90 pages 77-83
SIMULATION OF FOULING IN HEAT EXCHANGERS USING AN ANNULAR TEST SECTION James G. Knudsen, G. R. Ehteshami, G. F. Hays DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.110 pages 95-102
LOW QUALITY COALS AND BLENDING: OPPORTUNITIES FOR MITIGATION OF FOULING R. Korbee, S. Eenkhoorn, P. G. Th. Heere, H. J. M. Visser, J. H. A. Kiel DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.130 pages 115-122
PULSED ACOUSTICS FOR BIOFOULING CONTROL IN HEAT EXCHANGERS AND PIPING SYSTEMS Robert A. Brizzolara, Marianne Walch, David J. Nordham , Scott M. Hoover, Michael S. Mazzola , Evan Burnett , George J. Licina DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.170 pages 153-160
MITIGATION OF HEAT EXCHANGER FOULING IN THE OIL INDUSTRY Jamil J. Al-Bagawi , Syed-Ahmad M. Said DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.210 pages 193-197
INFLUENCE OF SURFACE PROPERTIES ON HEAT EXCHANGER FOULING Q. Zhao , Hans Muller-Steinhagen DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.240 pages 217-228
NEW SURFACE LAYER FORMATION BY ION ASSISTED REACTION (IAR) AND OPTIMUM PLASMA ZONE (OPZ) Seok-Keun Koh, Ki-Hwan Kim, Byung Ha Kang, Samchul Ha DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.270 pages 247-254
EFFECT OF PLASMA POLYMERIZED FILM ON FOULING OF HEAT EXCHANGERS Ki-Hwan Kim, Sung Chang Choi, Hyung Jin Jung, Seok-Keun Koh, Doo-Jin Choi, Chul-Hwan Kim, Samchul Ha DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.280 pages 255-261
Formation and Removal Processes of CaC03 Fouling Liu Tianqing, Shi Yuwen , Wang Xinghai DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.290 pages 262-269
A RISK BASED COST MODEL OF A SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER SUBJECT TO FOULING Syed M. Zubair, M. Sultan Khan, Anwar K. Sheikh, M. O. Budair DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.310 pages 281-291
MODELLING OF CRYSTALLINE SCALE REMOVAL C.J. Wilson, P.R. Lockyer , D. I. Wilson DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.340 pages 314-321
FOULING OF A SWEET CRUDE OIL UNDER INERT AND OXYGENATED CONDITIONS A. Paul Watkinson, B. Navaneetha-Sundaram , D. Posarac DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.380 pages 351-358
SIMULATION OF FURNACE FOULING - PILOT PLANT STUDIES R. J. Parker, R. A. McFarlane DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.400 pages 367-374
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF CORROSION PRODUCT DEPOSITION ON HEAT EXCHANGER SURFACES Stephane Callamand, Marc Basset, Derek H. Lister DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.410 pages 377-384
FLOW DISTRIBUTION AND PARTICULATE FOULING IN PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS G. Bigoin, J. M. Grillot, Bernard Thonon DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.450 pages 409-416
INFLUENCE OF PARTICLES ON SCALING IN INDUSTRIAL HEAT EXCHANGERS - PRELIMINARY STUDIES M.G. Mwaba, Camilo C. M. Rindt, Anton A. van Steenhoven, M.A.G. Vorstman DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.460 pages 419-426
THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF COPRECIPITATION T.H. Chong , Mohsen Sheikholeslami DOI: 10.1615/1-56700-172-6.510 pages 460-475