DESCRIPTION

Many fouling mechanics can be mitigated with a proper design strategy. Fouling in heat exchanger is one of the major problems in chemical process industries, especially in refineries.
PLAPIQUI has the following capabilities:
• Fouling management strategy based on heat exchanger simulation, data monitoring and fouling prediction
• Procedure to monitor the performance of heat exchangers
• Rigorous simulation of heat exchangers to estimate clean and real overall heat transfer coefficients
• Data reconciliation
• Development and validation of ad hoc thermo-hydraulic fouling models
• Prediction of fouling threshold conditions using real operating data, for quantifying and mitigating future fouling
• Identification of the fouling limit in new designs or retrofits