Composite fouling on heat exchange surface in australian sugar mill evaporator

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1033-1040

  Yu, Hong ^a   Sheikholeslami, Roya ^b  

^a IP Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; CALCIUM OXALATES; CHEMICAL BOND STRENGTH; CLOSED-LOOP; CONSTANT COMPOSITION; FEED CONCENTRATION; FOULING MECHANISMS; FOULING RATE; HEAT EXCHANGE SURFACES; MATRIX; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICULATE DEPOSITION; SCALE CONTROL; SCALE MANAGEMENT; SUGAR MILLS; SURFACE-CONTROLLED PROCESS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; EVAPORATORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRAULICS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR FACTORIES; SUGARS;

FOULING;

EID: 67651238364     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630902921063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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