Technical Publications & Patents

 

Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology:

Published Test Results through December, 1999

Articles available upon request

 

 

 

1.                   Theory of Electronic Descaling Technology to Control Precipitation Fouling in Heat Exchangers, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 24, pp.757-770.

 

2.                   Microscopic Observation of Calcium Carbonate Crystallization Induced by an Electronic Descaling Technology, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 24, pp.747-756.

 

3.                   A New Electronic Descaling Method to Control Precipitation Fouling, Proceedings of the 32nd National Heat Transfer Conference (held at Baltimore, Maryland), Vol. 12 (HTD-Vol.350), pp.183-188, 1997.

 

4.                   Use of Electronic Descaling Technology to Control Precipitation Fouling in Plate-and-Frame Heat Exchanger, in "Compact Heat Exchangers for the Process Industries," Begell House, New York, pp.267-273, 1997.

 

5.                   Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology to Mitigate Precipitation Fouling in Plate-and-Frame Heat Exchangers, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 41, pp.2565-2571, 1998.

 

6.                   Effect of Fouling on Temperature Measurement Error and a Solution, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 120, pp. 525-528, 1998.

 

7.                   Use of Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology with Filtration to Prevent Fouling in a Heat Exchanger, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 41, pp.2961-2966, 1998.

 

8.                Improvement of Chiller Performance with an Innovative Electronic Descaling Technology, ASHRAE Transactions 1999, V. 105, Pt. 2.

 

9.                   Validation of an Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology in a Single-Tube Heat Exchanger, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, pp. 1491-1499, 1999.

 

10.                Experimental Validation of Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology with a Plate Heat Exchanger, Proceedings of the 11th International Heat Transfer Conference, Vol.6, pp.197-201, August 1998, Kyongju, Korea

 

11.                Combined Use of an Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology and Brush Punching for Scale Removal in a Water Cooled Plain Tube, Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 12 pp. 203-213, 1999.

 

12.                Control of Fouling in a Spirally-Ribbed Water Chilled Tube with Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, pp 3037-3046, 1999.

 

13.                Enhanced Operation of Plate Heat Exchangers in Amine Services, Compact Heat Exchangers and Enhancement Technology for the Process Industries (Banff, Alberta, Canada) presented July 18-23, 1999.

 

14.                Fan, C.F., 1997 (March), "A Study of Electronic Descaling Technology",  Ph.D. thesis, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. - hard copy available upon request.                                    

 

Choi, B., 1998 (May), A Study of Anti-Fouling Technology for the Prevention of Precipitation Fouling, Ph.D. thesis, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA - hard copy available upon request.

 

Liu, R., 1999 (December), “A Study on Fouling in a Heat Exchanger Using an Electronic Anti-Fouling Technology”, Ph.D. thesis, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. – hard copy available upon request.

 

 

Patents

 

1.                  U.S. Patent 5,670,041, September, 1997

2.                  U.S. Patent 5,710,536, January, 1998

3.                  U.S. Patent 5,725,778, March, 1998

4.                  U.S. Patent 5,776,334, July, 1998

5.                  U.S. Patent 5,846,414, December, 1998

6.                  U.S. Patent 5,951,856, September, 1999

7.                  U.S. Patent 5,916,490, June, 1999