Heat transfer: Solving scaling problems at the design stage

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Hawthorn, D ^a  

^a min DEP Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Carbonate; Deposition; Hydrodynamics; Phosphate; Precipitation; Scale

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDRODYNAMICS;

CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; PHOSPHATE; PRECIPITATION; SCALE;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 58549104362     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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