Theory of electronic anti-fouling technology to control precipitation fouling in heat exchangers

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-770

  Cho, Young I ^a   Fan, Chunfu ^a   Choi, Byung Gap ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SUPERSATURATION;

ELECTRONIC ANTI FOULING (EAF) TECHNOLOGY; FARADAY'S LAW;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031256911     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1933(97)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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