SELF-CLEANING HEAT EXCHANGER TECHNOLOGIES

Dynamic enhancement of heat transfer surfaces is most certainly not a new approach to fouling prevention and control when it is defined as a pro-active technique to wipe or scrape the active heat transfer surface on a regular basis to remove any deposits at the initiation stage.

Dynamic Enhancement of Heat Transfer Surfaces - Old & New

• Ball-Cleaning Systems - Intermittent On-Line - widely applied to power plant condensers and sea water desalination plants for biological micro-fouling control
• Wiped-Film Evaporators and Scraped-Surface Exchangers - Continuous On-Line - examples of dynamic enhancement that are widely accepted throughout the process industries
• Automatic Tube Brushing (ATB) Systems - Intermittent On-Line - widely applied to large centrifugal chiller installations throughout the HVAC industry and offering an exceptional ROI in the process industries
• Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger (FBHX) Technology - Continuous On-Line - slowly gaining acceptance as the most cost-effective solution to severe inorganic/organic fouling problems found in specific niches within the process industries

Dynamic Enhancement Technologies will disrupt the sequence of events that result in severe fouling

. . . and the dynamic enhancement systems presented herein will provide properly scheduled and distributed turbulent bursts
rather than the
"randomly distributed turbulent bursts"
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