Physical water treatment for the mitigation of mineral fouling in cooling-tower water applications

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 109 PART 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 346-357

  Cho, Young I ^a   Lee, SungHyuk ^a   Kim, Wontae ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EVALUATION; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MINERAL FOULING; PHYSICAL WATER TREATMENT DEVICE;

WATER COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 18744436353     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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