Survey of gas-side fouling in industrial heat-transfer equipment. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5449122

Marner, W J; Suitor, J W

The results of a survey of gas-side fouling in industrial heat-transfer equipment are presented. Information for this study was obtained through personal contacts, visits to selected industries, attendance at several professional meetings and conferences, and publications in the open literature. Gas-side fouling and corrosion problems occur in all of the energy intensive industries including the chemical, petroleum, primary metals, pulp and paper, glass, cement, foodstuffs, and textile industries. Topics of major interest in this study include: (1) heat exchanger design procedures for gas-side fouling service, (2) gas-side fouling factors which are presently available, (3) startup and shutdown procedures used to minimize the effects of gas-side fouling, (4) gas-side fouling prevention, mitigation, and accommodation techniques, (5) economic impact of gas-side fouling on capital costs, maintenance costs, loss of production, and energy losses, and (6) miscellaneous considerations related to gas-side fouling. The present state-of-the-art for industrial gas-side fouling is summarized by a list of recommendations for further work in this area.

• Research Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5449122
• Report Number(s): JPL-PUB-83-74; ON: DE84005611
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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CAPITALIZED COST
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CLEANING
COMBUSTION
COST
DIRECT CONTACT HEAT EXCHANGERS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
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HEAT TRANSFER
INDUSTRY
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OPERATING COST
OXIDATION
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