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Fouling on Various Types of Enhanced Heat Transfer Surfaces

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Fouling on various types of enhanced heat transfer surfaces has been discussed in this chapter. Fouling fundamentals in respect of liquids and gas flow have been considered in detail. Liquid fouling in internally finned tubes, rough tubes, plate-fin geometry and fouling in plate heat exchanger is an important consideration. Modelling of fouling in enhanced tubes and correlations for fouling in rough tubes have been dealt with adequately.

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Saha, S.K., Ranjan, H., Emani, M.S., Bharti, A.K. (2020). Fouling on Various Types of Enhanced Heat Transfer Surfaces. In: Introduction to Enhanced Heat Transfer. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20740-3_4

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