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Title: High-temperature organic-fluid fouling unit

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/510329· OSTI ID:510329

A new type of fouling unit is developed for high-temperature (500 C) and high-pressure (70 atmosphere) fouling experiments by modifying a commercial autoclave. Key modifications are the installation of a helical impeller in a flow tube and a fouling probe in the autoclave to simulate the fluid dynamics and heat transfer of typical heat-exchange equipment. A calibration technique is described, and fouling results are presented for experimental runs with indene and kerosene. The results are compared with those obtained using other types of fouling test units. Other potential applications of the fouling unit, such as corrosion and micro-scale reaction experiments, are discussed.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
510329
Report Number(s):
ANL/ES/CP-93187; CONF-970824-5; ON: DE97053060; TRN: AHC29717%%41
Resource Relation:
Conference: AICHE/ASME national heat transfer conference: current developments in numerical simulation of heat and mass transfer, Baltimore, MD (United States), 10-12 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English