Costs of heat exchanger fouling in the US industrial sector

Conference · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6346750

Smith, S A; Dirks, J A

Heat exchangers are used in many heat source, heat sink and process applications throughout the US industrial sector. In 1984 heat exchanger sales totaled $1.3 billion (in 1984 dollars), and sales are expected to grow at 6% per year through 1985. The presence of fouling in heat exchangers represents an additional cost to the industrial sector in terms of additional capital, energy, and labor. Several estimates are available on the costs of fouling to specific industries; however, no real attempt has been made to estimate these costs for the entire industrial sector. The objective of this paper is to provide on order-of-magnitude estimate of the costs of fouling to the entire US industrial sector.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6346750
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-13264; CONF-851106-3; ON: DE86002816
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420200* -- Engineering-- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques
COST
FOULING
HEAT EXCHANGERS
INDUSTRY