Early events in the precipitation fouling of calcium sulpfate dihydrate under sensible heating conditions

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-691

  Fahiminia, Feridoun ^a,b   Watkinson, A Paul ^a   Epstein, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallization fouling; Delay times; Gypsum; Initial fouling rates; Scaling

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCALING LAWS; STAINLESS STEEL;

CRYSTALLIZATION FOULING; DELAY TIMES; INITIAL FOULING RATES;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GYPSUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCALING LAWS; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 36049031782     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450850515     Document Type: Article

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