Program
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Registration (tea and coffee available) |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Welcome and Opening Address |
| SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION Chair: Dr. Hans Zettler |
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| 17:00 – 17:25 | Lessons learned from two decades of research on crude oil fouling and its mitigation through
antifouling coatings and enhanced heat transfer surfaces L. Jackowski Westport Heat Transfer Engineering, Westport, CA, USA |
| 17:25 – 17:50 | Converting a physical experiment into a digital experiment for cheese whey fouling of a plate heat
exchanger H. Huellemeier1, J. Jiang2, and E. M. Ishiyama3 1 Heat Transfer Research, Inc. (HTRI), P.O. Box 1390, Navasota, TX 77868, USA 2 Tetra Pak Processing Equipment AB, Ruben Rausings Gata, SE-223 55 Lund, Sweden 3 Heat Transfer Research, Inc., Surrey Technology Centre, 40 Occam Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YG, UK |
| 17:50 – 18:15 | In-situ fouling monitoring with a quartz crystal microbalance during emulsion polymerization in a
flow channel O. Sidorow1, K.M. Hoffmann2, D. Johannsmann2, A. Böttcher2, W. Augustin1 and S. Scholl1 1 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany, olinda.sidorow@tu-braunschweig.de 2 Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany |
| 18:15 – 18:40 | Calculating diffusive cleaning rates: solving the graetz problem with axial diffusion G.A. Zoumpouli1, Y.M.J. Chew2 and D.I.Wilson3 1 School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Eire 2 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, UK 3 Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Dinner (followed by social hour) |
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
| SESSION 2: FOULING IN HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS Chair: Dr. Les Jackowski |
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| 9:00 – 9:25 | Application study of titanium welded plate-block heat exchanger in crude distillation unit H. Chi, H. Luan, J. Ye, A. Diao Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute, No.3111 Huaning Road, Shanghai 201108, P.R.China |
| 9:25 – 9:50 | Transforming refinery thermal performance: a digital twin approach for heat exchangers and fired
heaters E. M. Ishiyama1, D. Giamalakis2, A. Sempou2, D. Souleles2, T. Tsolakis2, A. Aristidopoulou2, D. Oakley1, J. Kennedy1 and S. J. Pugh1 1 Heat Transfer Research, Inc., 40 Occam Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7Y 2 HELLENIC PETROLEUM R.S.S.O.P.P S.A., 17th km National Rd. Athens – Corinthos, GR – 193 00, Aspropyrgos, Greece |
| 9:50 – 10:15 | Comparative study of steam cracker yields and fouling behavior of plastic waste pyrolysis oils and
fossil naphtha L. Nelis1, D. De Keyster1, M. Auersvald1,2, F. van de Laar3, G. J. Heynderickx1 and K. M. Van Geem1 1 Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 125, 9052 Gent, Belgium 2 Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic 3 BASF Antwerpen nv, Scheldelaan 600, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | Evidence of asphaltene precursor generation A. D. Smith HTRI, P.O. Box 1390, Navasota, TX 77868, USA |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee |
| SESSION 3: CRYSTALLIZATION FOULING (PART
1) Chair: Prof. Luis Melo |
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| 11:10 – 11:35 | Investigating fouling layer morphology to describe its effect on heat transfer L. Rohwer, K. Bosse, W. Augustin and S. Scholl Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering (ICTV), Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Effects of intermittent operation on crystallization fouling in falling film evaporators T. Ruiter and H. Glade University of Bremen, Engineering Thermodynamics, Badgasteiner Str. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany |
| 12:00 – 12:25 | Mitigation of calcium sulfate crystallization fouling in corrugated tubes by
superimposed oscillatory flow
In laminar regime R. Zitouni1, P. García-Giménez1, J. P. Solano1, D. S. Martínez2, J. Muñoz-Cámara3 and W. Augustin4 1 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena member of European University of Technology EUT+Dept. Thermal and Fluids Engineering, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain 2 Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Detp. Ingeniería y Técnicas Aplicadas. C/ Coronel López Peña s/n, 30729 Santiago de la Ribera, Spain 3 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Dept. Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Avenida de la Universidad, s/n 03202 Elche, Spain 4 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany |
| 12:25 – 12:50 | Calcium sulfate crystallization fouling in aqueous polyol solutions: kinetic and mechanistic
insights R. Zitouni1, P. García-Giménez1, J. P. Solano1, J. L. Serrano2 and W. Augustin3 1 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena member of European University of Technology EUT+Dept. Thermal and Fluids Engineering, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain 2 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena member of European University of Technology EUT+Dept. Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Campus Muralla del Mar, 30202 Cartagena, Spain 3 Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Networking and recreation |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee |
| SESSION 4: CRYSTALLIZATION FOULING (PART 2) Chair: Dr. Heike Glade |
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| 16:00 – 16:25 |
Fouling and cleaning visualisation in a model plate heat exchanger J. Brown1, J. Gibson2, G. Kawaley2 and D.I.Wilson1 1 Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 2 Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe B.V., Livingston, UK |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | Fouling due to frost in cross-flow air-to-air heat exchangers: part i – constant mass flow
rate A. Mahmoudi, M. Fauchoux and C. Simonson 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9 Canada |
| 16:50 – 17:15 |
The Bulk Supersaturation Myth D. Hawthorn min-DEP Research, Fairham Cottage, Wilford Road, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6NB, UK. |
| SESSION 5: POSTER SESSION Chair: Dr. Edward Ishiyama |
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| 17:15 – 18:45 | Poster pitch and poster session Mitigation of fouling in single phase heat exchangers H. M. Joshi ALPH Heat Transfer LLC 398 North Rd., Chester NJ, USA 07930 Fouling due to frost in cross-flow air-to-air heat exchangers: part ii – constant pressure drop & temporal variations A. Mahmoudi, M. Fauchoux and C. Simonson 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9 Canada Defining cleaning completion: a performance based framework for validating mechanical and chemical cleaning in industrial equipment T. McCartney1 and H. Borgt2 1 Clean Harbors, Calgary, AB, Canada 2 Dow Benelux BV, Terneuzen, The Netherlands Exploring cooling water fouling fundamentals With a mobile test rig H. Huellemeier, Z. Gagnon, E. Crosby, L. Bishop, M. Berger, and S. Tagliaferri Heat Transfer Research, Inc. (HTRI), P.O. Box 1390, Navasota, TX 77868, USA Biofilms and the Chlorine Problem D. Hawthorn min-DEP Research, Fairham Cottage, Grange Mews, Wilford Road, Ruddington, Nottingham, UK Combating biofouling with an immobilized biocide system M. Redondo, A. Pereira and L. F. Melo University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering, Dep. Chem. & Biol. Eng., LEPABE-ALICE, Portugal Fouling challenges during heat treatment of plant-based milk substitutes T. Jiang, G. Delaplace University of Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations, 59000 Lille, France |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Dinner (followed by social hour) |
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
| SESSION 6: INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS Chair: Dr. Brandon Dooley |
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| 9:00 – 9:25 | Digital twin–based evaluation of fouling in a rising film evaporator using plant operating
data E. M. Ishiyama1, J. Kennedy1, H. Huellemeier2 and S. J. Pugh1 1Heat Transfer Research, Inc., Surrey Technology Centre, 40 Occam Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YG, United Kingdom 2Heat Transfer Research, Inc., 165 Research Drive, Navasota, Texas 77868, USA |
| 9:25 – 9:50 | Chemically infused nanobubbles for mitigating heat exchanger fouling M. Radicone1, J. C. Earthman2, and W. Zhang3 1Heat Transfer Research, Inc., P.O. Box 1390, Navasota, Texas 77868, USA, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2585, USA 3John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA |
| 9:50 – 10:15 | Fouling and design of shell-and-tube heat exchangers H. M. Joshi ALPH Heat Transfer LLC 398 North Rd., Chester NJ, USA 07930 |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | Digital twins for heat exchanger cleaning and maintenance decision support in turnarounds and
pit-stops E. Diaz-Bejarano1, H. Borgt2 and F. Coletti1 1 Hexxcell ltd., One Lyric Square, W8 0NB, London, United Kingdom 2 Dow Benelux BV, Innovatieweg 16, Terneuzen, 4532 NM, The Netherlands |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee |
| SESSION 7: PERFORMANCE MONITORING (PART 1) Chair: Dr. Marc Mauermann |
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| 11:10 – 11:35 | A simulation of multiplane electrical impedance tomographic fouling detection in direct steam
injection during dairy processing G. Kuruppu, M. Karunanayake, W. Yu and B. Young Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 11:35 – 12:00 |
From grayscale to sensors – a combined machine learning approach with experimental and industrial
data for classification of cleaning mechanisms in food processing A. Muñoz Röcken1, D. Jox1, S. Kricke2, H. Köhler2 and C. Krupitzer1 1 Department of Food Informatics & Computational Science Hub, University of Hohenheim, Germany 2 Chair of Processing Machines/Processing Technology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany |
| 12:00 – 12:25 |
Calibrations of a novel setup for water fouling measurements L. Ruzza1, G. Favero2, L. Doretti3, M. Tirapelle4, E. Diaz-Bejarano4, F. Coletti4 and S. Mancin2 1 Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Str.lla San Nicola 3, 36100 Vicenza, Italy 2 Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Via Venezia 1, 35131, Padova, Italy 3 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 9, 35131, Padova, Italy 4 Hexxcell Ltd., One Lyric Square, London, W6 0NB, London, United Kingdom |
| 12:25 – 12:50 |
Development and validation of a thermoresistive sensor for fouling detection: experimental and CFD
modeling approaches N. Richermoz1, Q. T. Pham1, *Z. Anxionnaz-Minvielle1, L. Bouvier2, G. Delaplace2 17 avenue des martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France 1 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, France 2 Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille Institut, UMR 8207 – UMET, France |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 | Conference excursion |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Dinner (followed by social hour) |
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
| SESSION 8: FOULING IN FOOD PROCESSING Chair: Dr. Wolfgang Augustin |
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| 9:00 – 9:25 | Dairy fouling severity assessment based on deposit growth and cleaning performance using imaging and
cleaning force M. Karunanayake, G. Kuruppu, W. Yu and B. Young Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 9:25 – 9:50 | Experimental characterization of milk fouling
In relation to cleaning experiments on laboratory scale H. Köhler1, A. Sharma1,4, J. Stadie2, M. Heide1, F. Rüdiger2 and C. Golla3 1 Institute of Natural Materials Technology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany 2 Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Dresden University of Technology, Germany 3 Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Division Processing Technology, Dresden, Germany 4 Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India |
| 9:50 – 10:15 | Fouling reduction in thermal product processing for oat drink production R. Feilner and U. Bedoe Processing Units, KRONES AG, 93073 Neutraubling, Germany |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | FOULING AND CLEANING OF MILK AND PLANT BASED DRINKS |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee |
| SESSION 9: MODELLING AND SIMULATION (PART 1) | |
| 11:10 – 11:35 | PREDICTIVE MODELLING OF WHEY PROTEIN FOULING AND CLEANING IN PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | FOULING INVESTIGATIONS WITH A DATA-DRIVEN MODELING APPROACH IN A MICRO-STRUCUTRED HEAT EXCHANGER |
| 12:00 – 12:25 | A CFD-APPROACH FOR PREDICTING THERMALLY-DRIVEN FOULING LAYER GROWTH IN MICRO-CHANNELS |
| 12:25 – 12:50 | DYNAMIC FOULING MODELLING IN MILK POWDER MANUFACTURING: ENERGY PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Networking and recreation |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee |
| SESSION 10: MODELLING AND SIMULATION (PART 2) | |
| 16:00 – 16:25 | NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF NON-UNIFORM FLOW IN SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS AND THEIR PRACTICAL VALIDATION |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | ONE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODEL FOR SIMULTANEOUS SWELLING AND DISSOLUTION OF FILM-LIKE SOILS WITH INTEGRATION OF SOIL THICKNESS CHANGES |
| SESSION 11: NUMERICAL APPROACHES | |
| 16:50 – 17:15 | CRYSTALLIZATION FOULING NUCLEATION: MOLECULAR DYNAMICS, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND CRYSTAL GROWTH EXPERIMENTS |
| 17:15 – 17:40 | INFLUENCE OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS ON FOULING: A PREDICTIVE MODEL |
| 17:40 – 18:05 | PREDICTING FOULING IN AN INDUSTRIAL DAIRY PLANT USING MACHINE LEARNING |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Dinner (followed by social hour) |
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
| SESSION 12: INDUSTRIAL CLEANING | |
| 8:35 – 9:00 | ONLINE EXTERNAL CLEANING SYSTEM FOR ACHE |
| 9:00 – 9:25 | DRIVING PREDICTABLE AND OPTIMIZED HEAT EXCHANGER PERFORMANCE THROUGH AUTOMATED TUBE CLEANING |
| 9:25 – 9:50 | EFFECT OF SURFACE WETTING ON SULPHUR DISSOLUTION KINETICS |
| 9:50 – 10:15 | UNLOCKING TURNAROUND AND OPERATIONAL SAVINGS WITH ULTRASONIC CLEANING: A SIX-CASE STUDY |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | ULTRASONIC CLEANING OF HEAT EXCHANGERS – CURRENT AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee |
| SESSION 13: CLEANING SCIENCE | |
| 11:10 – 11:35 | OPTIMIZING WATER JETTING PARAMETERS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER CLEANING: BALANCING FOULING REMOVAL AND MATERIAL INTEGRITY |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | SIMULATION-BASED GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION TO INCREASE CLEANING EFFICIENCY IN PIPES WITH 45-DEGREE BEND |
| 12:00 – 12:25 | DELIVERY OF ULTRASONIC CLEANING EFFECT INTO A HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE USING FOCUSED ACTUATION |
| 12:25 – 12:50 | TOWARDS IMPROVING SPRAY CLEANING WITH MODULATED JETS BY CONSIDERING GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Networking and recreation |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee |
| SESSION 14: MODIFIED SURFACES | |
| 16:00 – 16:25 | DOUBLE-PIPE UNIT MEASURING THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF DLC COATINGS FOR HEAT EXCHANGER TUBES |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | COOLING WATER TEST RIG FOR TUBE SIDE SCALING FOULING – DEMONSTRATING FOULING MITIGATION CAPABILITIES OF LOW-FOULING STRUCTURES |
| 16:50 – 17:15 | DIMPLEFLO- BREAKTHROUGH FOULING MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY |
| 17:15 – 17:40 | EVALUATING THE ADHESION STRENGTH OF CRYSTALLINE DEPOSITS ON POLYMER COMPOSITE AND METAL TUBES USING A NOVEL FORCE-BASED TEST RIG |
| 17:40 – 18:05 | NANOENGINEERING SCALEPHOBIC SURFACES FOR LIQUID COOLING ENHANCEMENT |
| 18:05 – 18:30 | CONCLUDING REMARKS |
| 19:30 – 22:30 | CONFERENCE BANQUET (followed by social hour) |