Heat transfer and heat transfer fouling in Kraft black liquor evaporators

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-437

  Muller Steinhagen H ^a   Branch, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaporator fouling; Fouling mitigation; Kraft black liquor; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; FOULING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; KRAFT PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOULING MITIGATION; KRAFT BLACK LIQUOR;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 0031147435     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(96)00143-4     Document Type: Article

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