A review of heat exchanger fouling in the context of aircraft air-conditioning systems, and the potential for electrostatic filtering

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2596-2609

  Wright, S ^a   Andrews, G ^a   Sabir, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Aircraft packs; Electrostatic filtering; Fouling; Heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; COMMON PROBLEMS; COMPONENT FAILURES; ELECTROSTATIC FILTERING; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NON-AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTERS; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FOULING; GAS TURBINES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 67349225705     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.01.002     Document Type: Review

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