Fouling Science and Technology

1. Fundamentals and Economics.- General Fouling Problems.- General Thermal Fouling Models.- The Economics of Fouling.- 2. Monitoring Equipment.- Liquid Fouling Monitoring Equipment.- Gas-Side Fouling Monitoring Equipment.- Monitoring Fouling using a Novel Technique.- 3. Adhesion.- Adhesion and Removal of Particles - I.- Adhesion and Removal of Particles - II.- Aspects of Cell Adhesion.- 4. Particulate Fouling.- Particulate Fouling of Heat Transfer Surfaces: Mechanisms and Models.- Stochastic Model for the Induction Step on Particulate Fouling.- Fouling by Aqueous Suspensions of Kaolin and Magnetite: Hydrodynamic and Surface Phenomena Effects.- Gas Side Fouling.- 5. Biological Fouling.- Biological Fouling: Basic Science and Models.- Effect of Design and Operating Variables on Biofouling.- Surface Bound Biocides - A Novel Possibility to Prevent Biofouling.- Experimental Investigation of Marine Biofouling and Corrosion for Tropical Seawater.- 6. Crystallisation Fouling.- Crystallisation Fouling - Basic Science and Models.- Deposition of Hardness Salts.- Crystallisation of Organic Materials.- Fouling of Cryogenic Liquids.- 7. Chemical Reaction Fouling.- Basic Science and Models of Reaction Fouling.- Chemical Reaction Fouling of Heat Exchangers.- Fouling from Light Hydrocarbons on Metal Surfaces.- Fouling of Catalysts: Industrial Examples.- The Fouling of Catalysts by Deposition of Filamentous Carbon.- Droplets and Filaments: on the Fouling of Metal Surfaces by Carbonaceous Material from Hydrocarbon Gases above 850K.- Carbon Limits in Steam Reforming.- Carbon Deposition in Steam-Cracking.- 8. Design and Operation of Heat Exchangers.- Basic Relationships for Heat Exchangers and Impact of Fouling on Design.- Selection of Heat Exchangers.- General Design of Heat Exchangers for Fouling Conditions.- Basic Concepts in Heat Exchanger Network Modelling.- The Fouling of Heat Exchanger Networks.- Compensating for Fouling in Heat Exchanger Networks.- 9. Food Processing Fouling.- Fouling by Milk and Dairy Product and Cleaning of Heat Exchange Surfaces.- On-Line Measurement of Fouling and Cleaning of Industrial UHT Exchangers.- 10. Fouling in Industrial Water Systems.- Effectiveness of Biocides.- Case Study-Clean-up of a Coke Oven Cooling System.- Corrision Fouling: Liquid Side.- Avoiding Fouling and Corrosion in Water Cooled Heat Exchangers: The Expert System Approach.- Fouling of Geothermal Energy Systems.- Geothermal Water Scaling in Heat Exchangers.- 11. Fouling in Furnaces.- High Temperature Fouling: The Nature of Deposits.- High Temperature Gas-Side Fouling Case Study.- 12. Discussions.- Cooling Water Fouling - Summary of Discussion.- Debate: Food Processing Fouling.- Cleaning of Fouled Surfaces: A Discussion.- Chemical Reaction Fouling Debate.- Debate on Gas-Side Fouling.