A method for developing a prediction model of water-side fouling on enhanced tubes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 336-342

  Shen, Chao ^a,b   Cirone, Chris ^b   Wang, Xinlei ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling water tower; Enhanced tube; HVAC R system; Precipitation and particulate fouling; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CONDENSER TUBES; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING TOWERS; COOLING WATER; FORECASTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER QUALITY; WATER TOWERS;

CALCULATION APPROACHES; ENHANCED TUBES; EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES; PARTICULATE FOULING; PREDICTION MODEL; REAL-WORLD PERFORMANCE;

FOULING;

EID: 84923261043     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.01.128     Document Type: Article

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