Journal article
Mineral Fouling Control by Underwater Plasma Discharge in a Heat Exchanger
Journal of heat transfer, v 133(5), p054502
01 May 2011
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Abstract
The excessive mineral contents in water circulation systems could cause severe fouling in heat transfer equipment. The present study investigated the effect of underwater pulsed spark discharges on the mitigation of mineral fouling in a concentric counterflow heat exchanger. Artificial hard water with calcium carbonate hardness of 250 mg/L was used with velocity ranging from 0.1 m/s to 0.5 m/s and zero blowdown. Fouling resistances decreased by 50-72% for the plasma treated cases compared with the values for no-treatment cases, indicating that the pulsed spark discharge could significantly mitigate the mineral fouling on the heat exchanger surface. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4003116]
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- Title
- Mineral Fouling Control by Underwater Plasma Discharge in a Heat Exchanger
- Creators
- Yong Yang - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Drexel University; Philadelphia PA 19104Hyoungsup Kim - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Drexel University; Philadelphia PA 19104Alexander Fridman - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Drexel University; Philadelphia PA 19104Young I. Cho - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of heat transfer, v 133(5), p054502
- Publisher
- Asme
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- DE-NT0005308 / U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000286989800018
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79551708944
- Other Identifier
- 991019168913904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Mechanical
- Thermodynamics