Imperial College London
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Prof. Sandro Macchietto

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Process Systems Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6608s.macchietto Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Sarah Payne +44 (0)20 7594 5567

 
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Location

 

ACEX 507aACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Behranvand:2019:10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01202,
author = {Behranvand, E and Mozdianfard, MR and Diaz-Bejarano, E and Coletti, F and Orzlowski, P and Macchietto, S},
doi = {10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01202},
journal = {Industrial && Engineering Chemistry Research},
pages = {9651--9664},
title = {Cross sectional examination of a fouled tube removed from a crude oil preheat exchanger},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01202},
volume = {58},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A first attempt to characterize intact foulant of a refinery preheater is presented. A tube was removed from an exchanger located postdesalter and preflash-drum at a 4-year shutdown, and dissected into undisturbed cut-out rings. Following visual inspection, elemental analysis (X-ray maps and line scans) was carried out and radial concentration profiles of the existing elements were established. A stratified colored foulant layer inside the tube appeared in sine waves fluctuating at both axial and angular directions, likely evidencing for the first time a shadow effect and erosion process. Results agreed with our studies on a comparable exchanger of the same refinery. They confirm the proposed deposition mechanism and simulation results, indicating formation of a stratified foulant consisting inorganics ranging 50 wt %, the presence of an acute inorganic deposition period along the chronic organic–inorganic fouling, and the identification of the foulant phases arrangement, among possible conductivity mixing models, as cocontinuous and effective medium theory structures.
AU  - Behranvand,E
AU  - Mozdianfard,MR
AU  - Diaz-Bejarano,E
AU  - Coletti,F
AU  - Orzlowski,P
AU  - Macchietto,S
DO  - 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01202
EP  - 9664
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0888-5885
SP  - 9651
TI  - Cross sectional examination of a fouled tube removed from a crude oil preheat exchanger
T2  - Industrial && Engineering Chemistry Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01202
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000470939000045&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71156
VL  - 58
ER  -
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