“…Due to the broad range of application of this heat transfer equipment, several experimental and modelling works have been performed in order to study the thermal and hydraulic performance of different plate patterns, fouling tendency, corrosion mechanisms and the optimization of different arrangements and configurations, when leading with Newtonian or non-Newtonian fluids (Afonso et al, 2003;Antonini, François, & Shuai, 1987;Bassiouny & Martin, 1984;Delplace & Leuliet, 1995;Gut & Pinto, 2003a, 2003bKho & Mü ller-Steinhagen, 1999;Leuliet, Maigonnat, & Lalande, 1987, 1988, 1990Mehrabian & Poulter, 2000;Metwally & Manglick, 2004;Stasiek, Collins, Ciofalo, & Chew, 1996).…”