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An investigation into fouling of a printed circuit heat exchanger

Abstract

A facility has been built to compare the fouling propensity of two heat exchangers operating with cooling water from an open cooling tower. Tests were carried out with a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger and a heat exchanger having tube dimensions representative of a typical industrial shell-and-tube unit. The results of the tests showed that a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger can operate satisfactorily with cooling water providing that the chemical treatment and filtration of the water is adequate. Facilities to permit backwash of the heat exchanger should also be incorporated in any practical application of a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger with cooling water. (Author)
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1991
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
ETDE-GB-601
Reference Number:
SCA: 420400; PA: GB-94:050129; EDB-94:038856; NTS-94:011555; ERA-19:010001; SN: 94001149565
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Produced under the Best Practice Programme; PBD: Mar 1991; Related Information: Future Practice Report, no. 13
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; FOULING; WATER CHEMISTRY; PRINTED CIRCUITS; COOLING TOWERS; 420400; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW
OSTI ID:
10130092
Research Organizations:
Department of Energy, London (United Kingdom). Energy Efficiency Office; AEA Environment and Energy, Harwell (United Kingdom); Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94742894; TRN: GB9450129
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only)
Submitting Site:
GB
Size:
33 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

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abstractNote = {A facility has been built to compare the fouling propensity of two heat exchangers operating with cooling water from an open cooling tower. Tests were carried out with a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger and a heat exchanger having tube dimensions representative of a typical industrial shell-and-tube unit. The results of the tests showed that a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger can operate satisfactorily with cooling water providing that the chemical treatment and filtration of the water is adequate. Facilities to permit backwash of the heat exchanger should also be incorporated in any practical application of a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger with cooling water. (Author)}
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