SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2001

17:00 - 19:00 Registration (Cresta Sun lobby)

19:00 Dinner (Cresta Sun Hotel)
WELCOME
H. Müller-Steinhagen, Conference Chair
Frank Schmidt, UEF Technical Liaison

21:00-22:00 Opening Reception (Cresta Sun Hotel)

MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001

7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast SESSION I: INTRODUCTION
Chair: Paul Watkinson, University of British Columbia, Canada

8:15 - 8:25 Opening Address
H. Müller-Steinhagen
Conference Chair

8:25 - 9:00 Keynote Lecture - Improvement of Construction Materials Used in the Food Industry to Lengthen Processing Time-A New European Project (MODSTEEL)
H. Visser
University of Porto, Portugal

9:00 - 9:35 Keynote Lecture - Deposit Formation Phenomena in Solid Fuel Fired Power Station
K.R.G. Hein, F. Kluger, T. Heinzel, Maier and U. Schnell
University of Stuttgart, Germany

9:35 - 10:00 Coffee Break SESSION II: SURFACE TREATMENT
Chair: Hans Visser, University of Minho, Portugal

10:00 - 10:30 Aspects of Scale Adherence Mechanism in Bayer Process: Influence of Different Alloys and Surface Treatment on Scaling Rate
L. Gavril ¹, R. Breault ², and E. Ghali^1
1Université Laval, Canada, ²Alcan International Ltd, Canada

10:30 - 11:00 Modelling the Effect of Surface Chemistry on Particulate Fouling under Flow-Boiling Conditions
C.W. Turner and S.J. Klimas
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Canada

11:00 - 11:30 Modification of the Interface Crystal/Heat Transfer Surface to Reduce Heat Exchanger Fouling
M Förster and M Bohnet
Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany

11:30 - 12:00 Electrochemical and Chemical Polishing of Heat Exchangers
S. Pießlinger-Schweiger
POLIGRAT GmbH, Germany

12:00 - 12:30 Intermolecular and Adhesion Forces of Deposits on Modified Heat Transfer Surfaces
Q. Zhao¹ and Müller-Steinhagen^2
1University of Dundee, UK, ²German Aerospace Centre, Germany

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 17:00 Ad hoc Sessions and/or Free Time

16:30 - 17:00 Afternoon Coffee

SESSION III: CRYSTALLISATION AND SCALING
Chair: Matthias Bohnet, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany

17:00 - 17:30 Fouling by Calcium Oxalates in Aqueous Solutions
D. Lencar and A.P. Watkinson
University of British Columbia, Canada

17:30 - 18:00 A Study of Fouling and Fouling Mitigation on Smooth and Roughened Metal surfaces, and a Polymeric Material
S.K. Kazi, G.G. Duffy, and X.D. Chen
University of Auckland, New Zealand

18:00 - 18:30 Calcium Sulfate Deposition and Removal Characteristics on a Heated Plate
M.G. Mwaba, C.C.M. Rindt , M. Vorstman and A.A. van Steenhoven
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

18:30- 19:00 Investigation of Mixed Fouling Growth Progress a Microbial and CaCO3 Fouling in Water Systems
L. XiangQin, L. TianQing, and S. XiangYu Dalian University of Technology, China

19:00 - 19:30 Heat Transfer Fouling Mitigation with Wood Pulp Fibres
S.K. Kazi, G.G. Duffy, and X.D. Chen
University of Auckland, New Zealand 19:30 - 20:00 Fouling in Parallel and Series Flow Plate Heat Exchangers
B. Bansal¹, W. Augustin², H. Müller-Steinhagen³, and X.D. Chen^4
1Panjab University, India, ²Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
³University of Stuttgart, Germany, ⁴University of Auckland, New Zealand

20:00 - 21:30 Dinner

21:30 - 23:00 Social Hour

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001

7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast SESSION IV: MODELLING
Chair: Norman Epstein, The University of British Columbia, Canada

8:30 - 9:00 Modelling Freezing Fouling by Provisional Parsimonious Parameterisation
M.T. Fernandez-Torres¹, W.R. Paterson² and D.I. Wilson^2
1University of Alicante, Spain, ²University of Cambridge, UK

9:00 - 9:30 Studies of Swelling and Removal in Cleaning Processes
T.R. Tuladhar, W.R. Paterson and D.I. Wilson
University of Cambridge, UK

9:30 - 10:00 Incorporation of Fouling Models into the Design of Heat Transfer Networks
B.L. Yeap¹, D.I. Wilson¹, G.T. Polley², and S.J. Pugh^{2 1}University of Cambridge, UK, ²ESDU International, UK

10:00 - 10:30 Numerical Simulation of Slagging and Fouling in a Pulverized Coal-Fired Utility Boiler
U. Schnell, S. Richter, and K.R.G. Hein
University of Stuttgart, Germany

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30 The Use of CFD for the Interpretation of Fouling Data in PHEs
H. Zettler¹ and H. Müller-Steinhagen^2
1University of Surrey, UK, ²German Aerospace Agency, Germany

11:30 - 12:00 Numerical Simulation of Crystal Growth on Heat Transfer Surfaces
F Brahim, W. Augustin, and M. Bohnet
Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany

12:00 - 12:30 Neural Network Analysis of Heat Transfer Fouling Data
M.R. Malayeri and H. Müller-Steinhagen
German Aerospace Agency, Germany

13:00 - 19:30 Conference Three Mountain Pass Excursion (Optional) with boxed Lunch (Fluela Pass, Bernina Pass, Julier Pass with stop/time for coffee or walk around lake in St. Morltz)

20:00 - 21:30 Dinner

21:30 - 23:00 Social Hour

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2001

7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast SESSION V: FOULING IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Chair: Dong Chen, University of Auckland, New Zealand

8:30 - 9:10 Keynote Lecture - Modelling Whey Protein Based Fouling of Heat Exchangers - Further Examining the Deposition Mechanisms
X.D. Chen¹, J. Chen¹ and D.I. Wilson^2
1University of Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Cambridge, UK

9:10 - 9:40 Adsorption Behaviour of b-Lactoglobulin on Modified Stainless Steel Surfaces
O. Santos, T. Nylander, M. Paulsson and C. Trägårdh
Lund University, Sweden

9:40 - 10:10 The Role of Calcium Phosphate in Milk Protein Fouling at Moderate and Elevated Temperatures
R. Rosmaninho, H. Visser and L.F. Melo University of Porto, Portugal

10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:10 Whey Protein Based Gel as an Experimental Model for Studying the Cleaning Mechanisms of Milk Fouling and Testing the Effectiveness of Cleaning Process
H. Xin¹, X.D. Chen¹, and M. Leith^2
1University of Auckland, ²Kiwi Co-operative Dairies Ltd, New Zealand

11:10 - 11:40 Modelling the Deposition of Food Fats in Distribution Pipelines
A.M. Fitzgerald¹, W.R. Paterson¹, I. Smart² and D.I. Wilson^1
1University of Cambridge, UK, ²United Biscuits Group R&D, UK

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:30 Ad Hoc Sessions and/or Free Time

15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Coffee

SESSION VI: INDUSTRIAL FOULING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Chair: Fernando Aguirre, HTRI, USA

15:30 - 15:50 History of Fouling Research at HTRI and Strategy for the Future
J. W. Palen
HTRI, USA

15:50 - 16:25 Keynote Lecture - Heat Exchanger Fouling in the Pre-heat Train of a Crude Oil Distillation Unit - The Development of a "User Guide"
S.J. Pugh¹, G.F. Hewitt² and H. Müller-Steinhagen^3
1ESDU International, UK, ²Imperial College of Science, technology and Medicine, UK, ³German Aerospace Centre, Germany

16:25 - 17:00 Keynote Lecture - Fouling Problems in the Chemical Industry
B. Rumpf
BASF, Germany

17:00 - 17:35 Keynote Lecture- The Problem of Heat Exchanger Fouling in Petroleum Refineries
H.M. Joshi
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, USA

17:35 - 17:50 Break

17:50 - 18:20 Fouling of HVAC Fin and Tube Heat Exchangers
J. Siegel¹ and V.P. Carey^{2 1}Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ²University of California, Berkeley, USA

18:20 - 18:50 Heat Exchanger Fouling in Phosphoric Acid Evaporators - Evaluation of Field Data
R.M Behbahani¹, H. Müller-Steinhagen², and M. Jamialahmadi^3
1University of Surrey, UK, ²University of Stuttgart, Germany, ³University of Petroleum Industry, Iran

18:50 - 19:20 Experimental Investigation of the Fouling Thermal Resistance on Corrugated tube
Z.M. Xu, J.G. Wang and S.R. Yang
Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering, China

19:20 - 19:50 Fouling by Physical Condensation of Heavy Hydrocarbons in the Transfer Line Exchangers
S. M. Sadrameli¹, H. Manafzadeh², and J. Towfighi^1
1Tarbiat Modarres University, ²Arak Petrochemical Complex, Iran

20:15 Conference Banquet followed by Social Hour

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2001

7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast

SESSION VII: FOULING IN THE OIL INDUSTRY
Chair: Reg Bott, University of Birmingham, UK

8:30 - 9:00 Designing Petroleum Processing Heat Transfer Capital Equipment Subject to Fouling
G.M. Jones¹ and T.R. Bott^2
1Independent Project Analysis, Netherlands and ²University of Birmingham, UK

9:00 - 9:30 Asphaltene-Resin Interactions in Fouling of Unstable Oil Mixtures
E. Al-Atar and A.P. Watkinson
University of British Colombia, Canada

9:30 - 10:00 Fouling of Whole Crudes on Heated Surfaces
G. Brons and T.M. Rudy ExxonMobil, USA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00 Mitigating Fouling by Incompatible or by Nearly Incompatible Petroleum Asphaltenes
I.A. Wiehe
Soluble Solutions, USA

11:00 - 11:30 Successful Fouling Mitigation in Crude Refining and Chemical Plant Operations by Means of Mechanical Online Cleaning Devices: Spirelf^®, Turbotal^® And Fixotal^®
F. Jardin¹ and A.W. Krueger^2
1Petroval S.A., France, and ²Petroval-Houston, USA

11:30 - 12:00 Vapour Phase Fouling in Bitumen Coking Applications
A.P. Watkinson, J. Xu, and I.C. Rose
University of British Colombia, Canada

12:00 - 12:30 Simulating the Fouling Behaviour in Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
B.L. Yeap¹, G.F. Hewitt¹, D.I. Wilson² and S.J. Pugh^3
1Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK, ²University of Cambridge, UK, ³ESDU International, UK

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:45 Ad Hoc Sessions and/or Free Time

15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Coffee

SESSION VIII: FOULING IN POWER PLANTS
Chair: Syed M. Zubair, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

15:45 - 16:15 Deposition of Corrosion Product Particles onto Heat Exchange Surfaces in Bulk Boiling
H. Carpentier, L. McCrea, and D.H. Lister
University of New Brunswick, Canada

16:15 - 16:45 Scale Formation in an Early Nuclear Powered Steam Generator
R. H. Leyse
Inz Inc., USA

16:45 - 17:15 Fouling Experience of Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Steam Generators in the U.S. G.A. White
Dominion Engineering, Inc., USA

17:15 - 17:30 Break

17:30 - 18:00 Optimisation of a Tube Bundle Geometry with Respect to the Formation of a Powdery Deposit
M.C. Van Beek, C.C.M. Rindt, J.C. Wijers and A.A. van Steenhoven Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

18:00 - 18:30 Fouling Decreasing under Heat Transfer Enhancement
Y.A. Kuzma-Kichta, A.S. Sedlov, D.V. Buyakov, R.V. Agapov, K.A. Fedorov, and B.I. Nigmatulin
Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Russia

18:30 - 19:00 On-Line Monitoring Technique for Ash Deposits on Economizer
J.G. Wang, Z.M. Xu, and S.R. Yang
Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering, China

19:00 - 19:30 Optimum Cycle for Soot Blowing of Economizer in a Boiler
S.R. Yang, Z.M. Xu, J.G. Wang, and G.H. Wang
Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering, China

20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

21:00 - 22:30 Social Hour

FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001

7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast

SESSION IX: FOULING MITIGATION
Chair: Hans Müller-Steinhagen, DLR, Germany

8:30 - 9:00 Mitigating Fouling at the Plant Scale by Strategic Cleaning: Potential, Pitfalls, and Needs
D.I. Wilson, V.S. Vassiliadis and F. Smaïli
University of Cambridge, UK

9:00 - 9:30 Statistical Characterization of Cleaning Cycles of Plate Heat Exchangers in a Steel Plant
S.M. Zubair, A.K. Sheikh and J. Khan
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

9:30 - 10:00 The Effect of Tube Inserts on Biocide Efficacy
A. Wills¹, T.R. Bott² and I. Gibbard^{3 1}Minerals Engineering International, ²University of Birmingham, and ³Cal Cavin Ltd, UK

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00 Technology of Scaling Prevention under Thermal Desalination of Water
A.S. Sedlov¹, V.V. Shischenko², S.V. Sidorova¹, N.I. Laryushkin³, and A.A. Grishin^4
1Moscow Power Engineering Institute, ² SC "Association VNIPIEnergoprom", ³ SC "MORDOVENERGO", ⁴ RAO "UES of Russia", Russia

11:00 - 11:30 Chlorine Dioxide Treatments Optimisation by Monitoring Systems
P. Cristiani¹, M. Belluati², V. Balacco², L. Bartole², and G. Bressan^3
1CESI S.p.A., Italy, ²Caffaro S.p.A., Italy, ³Università di Trieste, Italy

11:30 - 12:00 The Effectiveness of Environmentally Friendly Biocides and Biodispersants
M.A. Cowbourne, D.A. Lester and T.R. Bott
University of Birmingham, UK

12:00 - 13:30 Final Discussion

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch and Conference Adjournment

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