Fouling in heat exchangers of crude distillation units
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bath
Department Name: Chemical Engineering
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Barry Crittenden (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Crittenden B
(2011)
Crude Oil Fouling in a Pilot-Scale Parallel Tube Apparatus
in Heat Transfer Engineering
M Yang
(2009)
Modelling the Fouling Induction Period
Macchietto S
(2011)
Fouling in Crude Oil Preheat Trains: A Systematic Solution to an Old Problem
in Heat Transfer Engineering
Moskalenko AV
(2010)
Single protein molecule mapping with magnetic atomic force microscopy.
in Biophysical journal
Yang M
(2012)
Modelling fouling induction periods
in International Journal of Thermal Sciences
Young A
(2011)
Characterization of Crude Oils and Their Fouling Deposits Using a Batch Stirred Cell System
in Heat Transfer Engineering
| Description | The principal finding from Bath's research was that crude oil fouling could be studied (and hence modelled) using a small (1 litre) batch stirred cell as opposed to a a much larger and more complex flow loop. The new cell could be operated up to 30 bar pressure and 400 Celsius surface temperature. The batch stirred cell allowed experiments to be conducted comparatively quickly. Couple with computational fluid dynamics (CFD), all the parameters which influence fouling could be studied and the deposits characterised by Imperial College and elsewhere. |
| URL | http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/crudeoilfouling |
| Description | Esdu International Plc |
| Organisation | Esdu International |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Imperial College London |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | University of Cambridge |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2006 |