Preface

Acknowledgements

Nomenclature

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF FOULING MECHANISMS

Particle Deposition and its Mitigation

N. Epstein

Mitigation of Corrosion Fouling

E.F.C. Somerscales

An Overview of Biofouling: From Basic Science to Mitigation

L.F. Melo

Progress in Precipition Fouling Research: A Review

D. Hasson

Chemical Reaction Fouling

B.D. Crittenden

S.T. Kolaczkowski

D.Z. Phillips

PART 2: PREDICTION AND DESIGN

Dynamics of Particulate Bed at the Wall of a Fluid Flow: Break-up-Re entrainment

P. Marron

P. Andre

A New Predictive Model for Particulate Fouling

Z.M. Xu

J.G. Wang

F. Chen

X.T. Zhao

Z.R. Yang

Fouling Mitigation in Plate Heat Exchangers by Proper Design

B. Thonon

J.M. Grillot

The Effects of Fouling on the Irreversibility of Heat Exchangers

S.R. Yang

J.G. Wang

Z.M. Xu

F. Chen

Influence of the Surface Roughness and Thermal Boundary Conditions on the Fouling Rate of a Cylinder in Cross Flow

F. Bailer

J.M. Grillot

Ion Implementation: A New Method of Preparing Low Fouling Metal Surfaces

H. Muller-Steinhagen

Q. Zhao

M. Reiss

PART 3: AQUEOUS SYSTEMS

Synergism Models for Heat Exchanger Fouling Mitigation

G.B. McGarvey

C.W. Turner

Particle Fouling: Appraisal of Controlling Factors

S.G. Yiantsios

A.J. Karabelas

Inhibition of Pseudomonas fluorescens Biofilm Development by Hydrogen Peroxide

A.J. Wills

T.R. Bott

Fouling Induction Period of CaCO3 on Heating Surface

T. Liu

X. Wang

CaCO3 Scaling under Constant Heat Flux

M. Perrakis

N. Andritsos

A.J. Karabelas

Calcium Sulphate and Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation during Sub-cooled Flow Boiling

S.H. Najibi

H. Muller-Steinhagen

M. Jamialahmadi

Influence of Fouling Layer Shear Strength on Removal Behaviour

M. Bohnet

W. Augustin

H. Kirsch

Mitigation of Scale Formation in Bauxite Refineries

H. Muller-Steinhagen

M. Jamailahamadi

PART 4: FOULING IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

The Effects of Velocity on the Initial Fouling Rate of Whey Protein Solutions at Elevated Wall and Low Bulk Temperatures

I. Rose

N. Epstein

A.P. Watkinson

Bulk Generation of Whey Protein Aggregates: What is the Balance between Surface and Bulk Effects in Food Fouling

B.L. Elliott

F. Delplace

P.J. Fryer

Fouling Mitigation through the Aggregation Process

F. Delplace

J.C. Leuliet

T.R. Bott

Overall Mitigation of Fouling: A Better Understanding of the Events during Cleaning of Food Process Plant

C.R. Gillham

D.I. Wilson

M.J. Beimar-Beiny

P.J. Fryer

Calcium Phosphate Decontamination of Stainless Steel Surfaces

C.S. Grant

G.E. Webb

Y.W. Jeon

PART 5: FOULING IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES

The Determination of the Threshold Fouling Curve for Crude Oil

J.G. Knudsen

D. Lin

W.A. Ebert

Threshold Conditions for Crude Oil Fouling

C.B. Panchal

W.C. Kuru

C.F. Liao

W.A. Ebert

J.W. Palen

Deposit Formation by Asphaltene-Rich Heavy Oil Mixtures on Heat Transfer Surfaces

S. Asomaning

A.P. Watkinson

Mechanisms of Iron Sulphide Formation in Refinery Processes

C.B. Panchal

Y. Halpern

W.C. Kuru

G. Miller

Mitigation of Refinery Fouling by Management of Cleaning

D.I. Wilson

V.S. Vassiliadis

PART 6: MONITORING AND LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF FOULING

The Use of Fouling Monitoring Techniques

J.H. Howarth

N.F. Glen

A.M. Jenkins

A Description of Three Fouling Monitors

G.F. Hays

J.G. Knudsen

On-line Monitoring of Biofilm and Total Residual Oxidant by a New Enel's System

P. Christiani

A. Mollica

G. Ventura

Monitoring and Control of Biofouling in Heat Exchangers

E. Equia

T.F. Vidart

J.A. Bezanilla

F.M. Otero

J.J. Amieva

Measurement of Biofilm Development within Flowing Water Using Infra-red Absorbance

G. Barlet

R. Santos

T.R. Bott

D. Grant

Optical Fiber Sensor for Biofouling Monitoring

A. Tamachkiarowa

H-C Flemming

Characterisation of Heat Exchanger Microfouling through On-line Monitoring

M.C. Nolan

B.H. Scott

Development of High Temperature, High Pressure Fouling Units

C.B. Panchal

W.C. Kuru

W.A. Ebert

C.F. Liao

J.W. Palen

PART 7: DATA EVALUATION AND APPLICATION

The Estimation of Errors and Uncertainty in the Determination of Fouling Resistances

N.F. Glen

J.H. Howarth

A.M. Jenkins

Use of Operational Data in Fouling Investigations

S.E. Scholl

Fouling Database: A Novel Computer-Aided Tool

M. Perrakis

N. Andritsos

A.J. Karabelas

Some Remarks on the Probabilistic Basis for Characterizing Fouling Data

A.K. Sheikh

S.M. Zubair

M. Younas

M.O. Budair

A Simplified Probabilistic Cost Model for Maintenance of Heat Exchangers Subject to Fouling

S.M. Zubair

A.K. Sheikh

M.S. Khan

M.O. Budair

Application of Single-Phase Fouling Data to Two-Phase Flows