Basic Science and Models of Reaction Fouling

Abstract

In principle, there are two categories of reaction fouling, viz, corrosion fouling and chemical reaction fouling. However, in many process environments in the oil, petrochemical, chemical, food and utility industries, the two mechanisms are inextricably linked with each other and with other mechanisms of fouling, such as particulate and crystallisation. Whilst corrosion and chemical reaction fouling have fundamentally different mechanisms, there is much common ground in the development of their heat transfer fouling models.