Mineral scale formation and mitigation on metals and a polymeric heat exchanger surface

Study of mineral fouling mitigation on heat exchanger surface

“…They inferred that the metals with the higher thermal conductivity yielded higher initial steady state temperatures in the order of Cu N Al N brass N stainless steel 304. Similar results were reported by Kazi et al [17,18]. Effective surface area increases with the surface roughness which enhances more deposition and adhesion and also augments the initial deposition rate by providing sites for crystal nucleation [19,20].…”

Fouling and Fouling Mitigation on Heat Exchanger Surfaces

“…He said that with the increase in acid solution temperature the removal efficiency increases. Similar results were obtained by Kazi [68]. It reveals that a complete and systematic study of fouling on different metal surfaces and their mitigation by additives have been required to be done along with study of introducing a benign to environment technique for chemical cleaning of fouling deposits.…”

Kinetics and Quantity of Crystallization Fouling on Polymer Surfaces: Impact of Surface Characteristics and Process Conditions

“…Several studies related to crystallization fouling kinetics on metallic surfaces and its modifications as well on some polymers are available in literature [2][3][4]. However, special polymeric materials suitable as heat transfer surfaces in corrosive environments require investigations in respect to their fouling affinity.…”