Fouling Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
General Fouling Problems....Pages 3-14
General Thermal Fouling Models....Pages 15-30
The Economics of Fouling....Pages 31-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Liquid Fouling Monitoring Equipment....Pages 49-65
Gas-Side Fouling Monitoring Equipment....Pages 67-76
Monitoring Fouling Using a Novel Technique....Pages 77-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Adhesion and Removal of Particles I....Pages 87-104
Adhesion and Removal of Particles II....Pages 105-123
Aspects of Cell Adhesion....Pages 125-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Particulate Fouling of Heat Transfer Surfaces: Mechanisms and Models....Pages 143-164
Stochastic Model for the Induction Step on Particulate Fouling....Pages 165-171
Fouling by Aqueous Suspensions of Kaolin and Magnetite: Hydrodynamic and Surface Phenomena Effects....Pages 173-189
Gas Side Fouling....Pages 191-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Biological Fouling: Basic Science and Models....Pages 207-222
Effect of Design and Operating Variables on Biofouling....Pages 223-232
Surface Bound Biocides — A Novel Possibility to Prevent Biofouling....Pages 233-239
Experimental Investigation of Marine Biofouling and Corrosion for Tropical Seawater....Pages 241-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Crystallisation Fouling — Basic Science and Models....Pages 251-260
Deposition of Hardness Salts....Pages 261-273
Crystallisation of Organic Materials....Pages 275-280
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Fouling of Cryogenic Liquids....Pages 281-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Basic Science and Models of Reaction Fouling....Pages 293-313
Chemical Reaction Fouling of Heat Exchangers....Pages 315-332
Fouling from Light Hydrocarbons on Metal Surfaces....Pages 333-349
Fouling of Catalysts. Industrial Examples....Pages 351-367
The Fouling of Catalysts by Deposition of Filamentous Carbon....Pages 369-389
Droplets and Filaments: On the Fouling of Metal Surfaces by Carbonaceous Material from Hydrocarbon Gases Above 850 K....Pages 391-404
Carbon Limits in Steam Reforming....Pages 405-424
Carbon Deposition in Steam-Cracking....Pages 425-434
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Basic Relationships for Heat Exchangers and Impact of Fouling on Design....Pages 437-462
Selection of Heat Exchangers....Pages 463-476
General Design of Heat Exchangers for Fouling Conditions....Pages 477-494
Basic Concepts in Heat Exchanger Network Modelling....Pages 495-510
The Fouling of Heat Exchanger Networks....Pages 511-527
Compensating for Fouling in Heat Exchanger Networks....Pages 529-554
Front Matter....Pages 555-555
Fouling by Milk and Dairy Product and Cleaning of Heat Exchange Surfaces....Pages 557-573
On-Line Measurement of Fouling and Cleaning of Industrial U.H.T. Exchangers....Pages 575-587
Front Matter....Pages 589-589
Effectiveness of Biocides....Pages 591-600
Case Study — Clean-Up of a Coke Oven Cooling System....Pages 601-620
Corrosion Fouling: Liquid Side....Pages 621-635
Front Matter....Pages 589-589
Avoiding Fouling and Corrosion in Water Cooled Heat Exchangers: The Expert System Approach....Pages 637-648
Fouling of Geothermal Energy Systems....Pages 649-667
Geothermal Water Scaling in Heat Exchangers....Pages 669-675
Front Matter....Pages 677-677
High Temperature Fouling: The Nature of Deposits....Pages 679-700
High Temperature Gas-Side Fouling Case Study....Pages 701-712
Front Matter....Pages 713-713
Cooling Water Fouling — Summary of Discussion....Pages 715-717
Debate: Food Processing Fouling....Pages 719-720
Cleaning of Fouled Surfaces: A Discussion....Pages 721-726
Chemical Reaction Fouling Debate....Pages 727-729
Debate on Gas-Side Fouling....Pages 731-733
Back Matter....Pages 735-744