Effect of a plasma-assisted self-cleaning filter on the performance of PWT coil for the mitigation of mineral fouling in a heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 412-422

  Yang, Yong ^a   Kim, Hyoungsup ^a   Fridman, Alexander ^a   Cho, Young I ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium scaling; Mineral fouling; Physical water treatment; Self cleaning filter; Solenoid coil; Zero blowdown

Indexed keywords

BLOW DOWN; PHYSICAL WATER TREATMENTS; SELF-CLEANING FILTERS; SOLENOID COILS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLENOIDS; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WIND TUNNELS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 71749119010     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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