Mineral fouling control by underwater plasma discharge in a heat exchanger

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

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

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Mineral fouling; Physical water treatment; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HARD WATER; BLOW DOWN; COUNTERFLOW HEAT EXCHANGER; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT; MINERAL CONTENT; PHYSICAL WATER TREATMENT; PLASMA DISCHARGE; PULSED SPARK DISCHARGE; WATER CIRCULATION SYSTEM;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ELECTRIC SPARKS; FOULING; MINERALS; PLASMAS; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES; WATER HARDNESS; WATER TREATMENT;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 79551708944     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003116     Document Type: Article

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