Statistical aspects of CaCO3 fouling in AISI 316 stainless-steel tubes

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 581-588

  Zubair, S M ^a   Sheikh, A K ^a   Budair, M O ^a   Haq, M U ^a   Quddus, A ^a   Ashiru, O A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fouling; Heat exchangers; Modeling Scaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; FOULING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE FOULING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL AISI 316;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COOLING WATER SYSTEM; FOULING; PIPE; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 3743111775     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824145     Document Type: Article

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