Fouling of carbon steel heat exchanger caused by iron bacteria
Journal Article
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· Materials Performance
OSTI ID:6441418
- Technion-Israel Inst. of Tech. (Israel)
A carbon steel heat exchanger installed in a reverse osmosis unit failed after 1 1/2 years from start-up as a result of tubes, lids, tube sheets, and connection pipes clogging from rust deposits. Chemical analysis of cooling water and scraped precipitates, as well laboratory screening of the deposits for bacteria, revealed that activity of iron-oxidizing bacteria present in cooling water could lead to heat exchanger blockage.
- OSTI ID:
- 6441418
- Journal Information:
- Materials Performance, Vol. 38:1; ISSN 0094-1492
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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