Journal article
Control of fouling in a spirally-ribbed water chilled tube with electronic anti-fouling technology
International journal of heat and mass transfer, v 42(16), pp 3037-3046
1999
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Abstract
The objective of the present study was to investigate the feasibility of using electronic anti-fouling (EAF) technology to control precipitation fouling in a spirally-ribbed tube commonly used in chillers. Fouling experiments were conducted with two new tubes: one with an EAF treatment and the other without it. Brush punching of a fouled tube with an enhanced spin-grit brush cleaned almost all of the scale above the fins for the case with the EAF treatment, thus recovering 90% of the initial overall heat transfer coefficient values. However, for the case without the EAF treatment, the spin-grit brush punching was not effective in removing scale. The present experiment indicated that the EAF technology could be used to control precipitation fouling in a spirally-ribbed tube.
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- Title
- Control of fouling in a spirally-ribbed water chilled tube with electronic anti-fouling technology
- Creators
- Young I. Cho - Drexel UniversityRong Liu - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- International journal of heat and mass transfer, v 42(16), pp 3037-3046
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000080655600002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0344131374
- Other Identifier
- 991019167579504721
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- Engineering, Mechanical
- Mechanics
- Thermodynamics