Control of fouling in a spirally-ribbed water chilled tube with electronic anti-fouling technology

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 3037-3046

  Cho, Young I ^a   Liu, Rong ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BRUSH PUNCHING; ELECTRONIC ANTIFOULING TECHNOLOGY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIFOULING DEVICE; ELECTRONIC SYSTEM; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGER;

EID: 0344131374     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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