Use of electronic anti-fouling technology with filtration to prevent fouling in a heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2961-2966

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

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP;

ELETRONIC ANTIFOULING TECHNOLOGY; HARD WATER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FILTRATION; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGER;

EID: 0032189122     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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