2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety
(94e) Mitigation of Fouling In Pre-Heat Trains
Authors
Graham T. Polley - Presenter, Universidad de Guanajuato
D. Ian Wilson - Presenter, University of Cambridge
Fouling of pre-heat train exchangers can be mitigated in various ways.
These include changes to exchanger design: switching from tube-side to shell-side; installing tube inserts; replacement tube bundles.
They also include modifications to the structure of pre-heat trains.
Means by which suitable modifications can be identified are described.