July 11-16, 1999
Banff Centre for Conferences
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Conference Chair:
Reg Bott
School of Chemical Engineering
The University of Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Conference Co-Chairs:
Professor A. Paul Watkinson
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Bristish
Columbia Canada
Dr. C.B. Panchal
Argonne National Laboratory
USA
Professor Luis F. Melo
Biological Engineering Department
University of Minho
Portugal
Co-Sponsors
ASME Heat Transfer Division
AIChE Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion
Division
Heat Transfer Research Inc.
The University of Birmingham, School
of Chemical Engineering
United Engineering Foundation,
Inc.
Three Park Avenue, 27th
Floor
New York, NY 10016-5902
Phone: 1-212-591-7441 Fax: 1-212-591-7441
E-mail: engfnd@aol.com Website:
www.engfnd.org
Sunday, 11th July, 1999
16:00 - 18:00 Registration
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner and Welcoming
20:00 - 21:00 Social Hour
Monday, 12th July, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet
SESSION I: INTRODUCTION
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 - 9:00 Fouling: Needs
and Opportunities
T.R. Bott
School of Chemical Engineering, The
University of Birmingham, UK
9:00 - 9:30 Review of Fouling
Mechanisms
Speaker to be announced
SESSION II: PREDICTION OF FOULING
Session Chair: TBA
9:30 - 10:00 Predicting Level
of Fouling Using Neural Network Approach
Anwar K. Sheikh, Kamran M. Raza, Syed
M. Zubair, and M.O. Budair
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
10:00 - 10:30 Gas-Side Particulate
Fouling (in Waste Incinerators) Prediction
of Local Deposition Rates
M.C. van Beek, C.C.M. Rindt, A.A. van
Steenhoven
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Eindhovenn University of Technology, The Netherlands;
J.G. Wijers
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven
University of Technology, The Netherlands
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Early Prediction
of Fouling Tendency of Fuels with Increased
Calcium Content
Slobodan V. Djekic and Predag M. Radovanovic
Electric Power of Serbia, Yugoslavia;
Zoran S. Micevic
Energoprojekt-Entel, Yugoslavia
11:30 - 12:00 Numerical Analysis
of Fouling and Excess Heat Transfer Area in
Plate Heat Exchangers
H.V. Zettler and H. Müller-Steinhagen
Department of Chemical and Process
Engineering, University of Surrey, UK
SESSION III: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
OF FOULING
Session Chair: TBA
12:00 - 12:30 The Potential
Environmental Impact of Condenser Fouling in
a Power Station
T.R. Bott
School of Chemical Engineering, The
University of Birmingham, UK
12:30 - 13:00 Sustainable Industrial
Water Use
N.F. Glen, J.H. Howarth, A.M. Jenkins
and D. McDowell
Process and Energy Centre, East Kilbride,
UK
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
SESSION IV: FOULING MONITORING
Session Chair: TBA
19:45 - 20:15 On-Line Monitoring
of Chlorination Treatments at VADO Ligure
Power Plant by Biox System:
Two Years of Experience
Pierangela Cristiani
ENEL Research, Italy;
Franco Agostini
ENEL/PIN/AMB, Italy
20:15 - 20:45 Fouling Monitoring
on Process Plant - Field Experience
N.F. Glen, J.H. Howarth and A.M. Jenkins
Process and Energy Centre, UK
20:45 - 21:15 Performance Based
Monitoring and Additive Control
E. Beardwood and G. Hays
Ashland Chemical Division, Industrial
Division, USA
21:15 - 21:45 Simulation of
Fouling in Heat Exchangers Using an Annular
Test Section
James G. Knudsen, G.R. Ehteshami
Oregon State University, USA;
George F. Hays
Drew Industrial Division, One Drew
Plaza, USA
22:00 - 23:00 Social Hour
Tuesday, 13th July, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet
SESSION V: FOULING CONTROL: WATER
SYSTEMS
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 - 9:00 A Review of Recent
Investigations on Physical Water Conditioning
H. Müller-Steinhagen
School of Engineering In the Environment,
The University of Surrey, UK
9:00 - 9:30 Recent Developments
in Industrial Water Treatment
Jasbir S. Gill
Calgon Corporation, USA
9:30 - 10:00 Fibre-Modified
Scaling Mechanisms in Heat Transfer Fouling
Mitigation
Md Salim Newaz Kazi, X. Dong Chen and
Geoffrey G. Duffy
School of Engineering, University of
Auckland, New Zealand
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Technique for
Quantifying the Scale Suppression Effect of
Inhibitors
David Hasson and Raphael Semiat
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Israel
11:00 - 11:30 Pulsed Acoustics
for Biofouling Control in Heat Exchangers and
Piping Systems
Robert A. Brizzolara, Marianne Walch,
David J. Nordham
Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA;
Michael S. Mazzola, Mississipi State
University, USA;
George J. Licina, Structural Integrity
Associates, Inc., USA
11:30 - 12:00 Understanding
and Preventing Fouling with Traceable Dispersants
William M. Hann, Thomas W. Sanders
and Kathryn Yocum
Rohm and Haas Company, USA
12:00 - 12:30 Implications of
Various Dispersants on the Biofilm Clean Up
Process
E. Beardwood and Therrien
Ashland Chemical Division, USA
12:30 - 13:00 Influence of Pulsating
Flow on Fouling Behavior
Wolfgang Augustin and Matthias Bohnet
Institut für Verfahrens - und
Kerntechnik
Technical University of Braunschweig,
Germany
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
SESSION VI: FOULING CONTROL: PETROLEUM
AND ORGANIC SYSTEMS
Session Chair: TBA
19:45 - 20:15 Mitigation of
Heat Exchanger Fouling in the Oil Industry
Jamil J. Al-Bagawi, Saudi Aramco
Syed Ahmed M. Said, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
20:15 - 20:45 Mitigation of
Fouling in Canadian Refineries and Heavy Oil
Upgraders
Richard J. Parker
National Centre for Upgrading Technology,
Canada;
Len Flint, LENEF Consulting Ltd.
SESSION VII: FOULING CONTROL:
COMBUSTION PROCESSES
Session Chair: TBA
20:45 - 21:15 Mitigation of
Fouling in Sugar Cane Bio Energy Systems
Revin Panray Beehary
Department of Chemical and Sugar Engineering,
University of Mauritius, Mauritius;
T.R. Bott
School of Chemical Engineering, The
University of Birmingham, UK
21:15 - 21:45 Low Quality Coals
and Blending Opportunities for Mitigation of
Fouling
R. Korbee, S. Eenkhoom, H.J.M. Visser
and J.H. A. Kiel
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
ECN, The Netherlands
22:00 - 23:00 Social Hour
Wednesday, 14th July, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet
SESSION VIII: FOULING CONTROL:
SURFACE TREATMENT
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 - 9:00 Influence of Surface
Properties on Heat Exchanger Fouling
H. Müller-Steinhagen and Q. Zhao
School of Engineering In the Environment,
The University of Surrey, UK
9:00 - 9:30 Modification of
the Characteristics of Heat Transfer Surfaces as
a Fouling Mitigation strategy
Markus Förster and Matthias Bohnet
Institut für Verfahrens - und
Kerntechnik
Technical University of Braunschweig,
Germany
9:30 - 10:00 Investigation of
Fouling Behavior of Low Energy Surface and
Fouling Fractal Characteristics
Jie Ding, Ziqiu Shen, Qingfeng Yang
Dalian University of Technology, China
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 New Surface Layer
Formation by Ion Assisted Reaction (IAR) and
Optimum Plasma Zone (OPZ)
Seok-Keun Koh, Ki-Hwan Kim, and Byung-Ha
Kang
Thin Film Technology Research Center,
KAIST, Korea
Elena Kralkina, and Serguei Kondraning,
Plasma Tech
11:00 - 11:30 Effect of Plasma
Polymerized Film on Fouling of Heat Exchangers
Ki-Hwan Kim
Thin film Technology Research Center,
KAIST, Korea
11:30 - 12:00 Mitigation of
CaCO3 Fouling on NI-P-PTFE Surface Material
Yuwn-Shi, Jiabin Chen, Dunqi Xu and
Tianqing Liu
Dalian University of Technology, China
12:00 - 12:30 Fouling Shape
- Yet Another Factor to Mitigate Fouling Thermal
Resistance
Teodor Skiepko
Department of Heat Engineering
Bialystok Technical University, Poland
12:30 - 13:00 Discussion
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time
SESSION IX: CLEANING
Session Chair: TBA
16:30 - 17:00 Methodology to
Determine the Cleaning Cycles of Shell and Tube
Heat Exchangers from a Sustainable
View for Process Plants
Alejandro Anaya
Institute Mexicano de Petroleo, Mexico
Julio Landgrave
UNAM, Mexico
17:00 - 17:30 A Risk Based Cost
Model of a Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger
Subject to Fouling
Syed M. Zubair, M. Sultan Khan, Anwar
K. Sheikh and M.O. Budair
Department of Chemical Engineering,
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
17:30 - 18:00 Scheduling of
Heat Exchanger Cleaning in Refinery Heat Exchanger
Networks
V.S. Vassiliadis, D.I. Wilson and F.
Smaili
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Cambridge, UK
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
SESSION IX: CLEANING (Continued)
Session Chair: TBA
19:45 - 20:15 Statistical Characterization
of Time Between Cleaning of
Thermosyphon Reboilers in Oil
Industry
Anwar Khalil Sheikh
Mechanical Engineering Department,
KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
20:15 - 20:45 Modelling of Crystalline
Scale Removal
D.I. Wilson
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Cambridge, UK
20:45 - 21:15 Fouling Mitigation
in Polymer Film Heat Exchangers
C. Ramshaw
Department of Chemical and Process
Engineering
University of Newcastle, UK
21:15 - 22:00 Discussion
of the revised chapter on fouling in
the Heat Exchanger Design Handbook. Copies of the document will
be available with the conference papers
22:00 - 23:00 Social Hour
Thursday, 15th July, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
SESSION X: COAL COMBUSTION
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 - 9:00 Characterisation
of Initial and Final Boiler Furnace Deposits When
Burning Some Pulverised Lignite
of Balkans Peninsula
Slodoban V. Djevik and Predrag M. Radovanovic
Electric Power of Serbia, Yugoslavia
Zoran S. Micevic
Energoprojekt-Entel, Yugoslavia
9:00 - 9:30 Methodological Approach
to the Definition of a Boiler
Reconstruction When Changed Coal
Characteristics
Zoran S. Micevic
Energoprojekt-Entel, Yugoslavia
Slodoban V. Djekic, Electric Power
of Serbia, Yugoslavia
9:30 - 10:00 Total and Spectral
Emissivity of Initial Ash Deposits in Boiler
Burning Kosovo Lignite
Zoran Micevic
HK Energoprojekt-Entel, Yugoslavia
Ljubomir Jovanovic
VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences,
Yugoslavia
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
SESSION XI: CURRENT RESEARCH:
CORROSION
Session Chair: TBA
10:30 - 11:00 Interface Evolution
and the Delamination and Spalling of Oxide
Scales and Thermal Barrier Coatings
Daniel R. Mumm and Anthony G. Evans
Division of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Harvard University, USA
11:00 - 11:30 Numerical Simulation
of Corrosion Product Deposition on Heat
Exchanger Surfaces
Stéphane Callamand, Marc Bassat
and Derek H. Lister
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of New Brunswick, Canada
SESSION XII: CURRENT RESEARCH:
BIOFOULING AND FOOD PROCESSING
Session Chair: TBA
11:30 - 12:00 Model Investigation
of Initial Fouling Rates of Protein Solutions in
Heat Transfer Equipment
Ian Rose, A. Paul Watkinson and Norman
Epstein
Department of Chemical and Bio-Resource
Engineering
The University of Bristish Columbia,
Canada
12:00 - 12:30 Modelling of Coring
in Fat Distribution Lines
D.I. Wilson
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Cambridge, UK
12:30 - 13:00 Adhesion Strength
of Biofilms in Pipes
M.J. Chen, Z. Zhang and T.R. Bott
School of Chemical Engineering
The University of Birmingham, UK
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
SESSION XIII: CURRENT RESEARCH:
PARTICLE DEPOSITION
Session Chair: TBA
14:30 - 15:00 Particle Deposition
on a Cylinder in Crossflow: Numerical
Simulation and Experimental Validation
F. Bailer and J.M. Grillot
GRETh/CEA-Grenoble, France
15:00 - 15:30 Theoretical Study
of Particle Deposition Onto a Cylinder in Cross-
Flow
A.K. Temu
Department of Chemical and Process
Engineering
University of Das Es Salaam, Tanzania
O.K. Sonju
Department of Thermal Energy and Hydropower
Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
15:30 - 16:00 Experimental Study
of Particle Deposition onto a Cylinder in Cross-
Flow
A.K. Temu
Department of Chemical and Process
Engineering
University of Das Es Salaam, Tanzania
O.K. Sonju
Department of Thermal Energy and Hydropower
Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
16:00 - 16:30 Flow Distribution
and Particulate Fouling in Plate Heat Exchangers
G. Bigoin and J.M. Grillot
GRETh/CEA-Grenoble, France
16:30 - 17:00 Influence of Particles
on Scalin in Industrial Heat Exchangers
M.G. Mwaba, M. Vorstman, C.C.M. Bindt
and A.A. van Steenhoven
Eindhovenn University of Technology,
The Netherlands
17:00 - 17:30 Studies in Micron-Sized
Particle Deposition on Flat Surfaces
S.G. Yiantsios and A.J. Karabelas
Department of Chemical Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
and Chemistry Process Inst., Greece
SESSION XIV: CURRENT RESEARCH:
PETROLEUM PROCESSING
Session Chair: TBA
17:30 - 18:00 Fouling of a Sweet
Crude Oil Under Inert and Oxygenated
Conditions
A.P. Watkinson, B. Navaneetha-Sundaram
and D. Posarac
Department of Chemical and Bio-Resource
Engineering
The University of British Columbia,
Canada
18:00 - 18:30 Fouling of Heat
Exchangers by Blends of Incompatible Oils
Irwin Wiehe
Soluble Solutions, USA
18:30 - 19:00 Effect of Resins
on Heat Exchanger Fouling by Asphaltene
Containing Oils
Eman Al-Atar and A.P. Watkinson
Department of Chemical and Bio-Resource
Engineering
The University of British Columbia,
Canada
19:00 - 19:30 Simulation of
Furnace Fouling-Pilot Plant Tests
Richard J. Parker
National Centre for Upgrading Technology,
Canada
Richard A. McFarlane
Alberta Research Council, Canada
20:00 - 22:00 Conference Banquet and Social Hour
Friday, 16th July, 1999
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
SESSION XV: CURRENT RESEARCH:
CRYSTALLISATION AND SCALING
Session Chair: TBA
8:30 - 9:00 Comparison of Rate
Models and Compilation of Experimental Data
for Calcium Carbonate Scaling
from Water
Derek K. Baker and Gary C. Vliet
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin,
USA
Desmond F. Lawler
Department of Civil Enigneering
The University of Texas at Austin,
USA
9:00 - 9:30 The Mechanisms and
Kinetics of Sodium Aluminosilicate Scale
Formation in Bayer Plant Heat
Exchangers
Mark Barnes, Andrea Gerson, Robert
Jones and Jonas Addai-Mensah
Ian Wark Research Institute, University
of South Australia, Australia
9:30 - 10:00 Studies of Salt
Deposition in Channels with Turbulence Promotors
G.A. Dreitser
Department of Aviation Thermal Technics
Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Enhancement of
Precipitation Fouling Due to Dispersed Micron-
Sized Particles
N. Ardritsos and A.J. Karabelas
University of Thessaloniki, Chemical
Engineering Department, Greece
11:00 - 11:30 Thermodynamics
and Kinetics of Coprecipitation
T.H. Chang, M. Ng, S.K. Sim, Y.H. Tan
and R. Sheikholeslami
School of Chemical Engineering and
Industrial Chemistry
The University of South Wales, Australia
11:30 - 12:15 Final Discussion
The Way Ahead
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
14:00 Conference Adjournment