Fouling of Plate-and-Frame Heat Exchangers and cleaning strategies

International Journal of Heat Exchangers

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-156

  Zubair, Syed M ^a   Shah, Ramesh K ^b  

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

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning Strategies; Fouling; Maintenance; Plate heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITION; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER; MAINTENANCE; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE;

HEAT TRANSFER RESISTANCES; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS (PHE); SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS (STHE);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 4043115488     PISSN: 15245608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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