Shear enhancing fouling reduction in heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat Exchangers

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-178

  Al Bagawi, Jamil J ^a   Said, Syed A M ^b   Zubair, Syed M ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fouling; Mitigation; Self Cleaning and Helical Baffles; Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENCE;

FOULING REDUCTION; TWISTED TUBES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 30844468893     PISSN: 15245608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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