Construction of a modular device for testing high temperature flue-gas fouling in waste-heat sources

Abstract

The article discusses the construction aspects of a developed modular device for testing the influence of high-temperature flue-gas fouling on chosen heat exchanger tube-bundle geometries and the effectiveness of various methods of online tube-bundle cleaning, which is currently being developed by the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at Brno University of Technology (BUT), in cooperation with the company Eveco Brno. The device will ease designing new heat exchangers, withstanding longer operation in severe fouling conditions.The article discusses the construction aspects of a developed modular device for testing the influence of high-temperature flue-gas fouling on chosen heat exchanger tube-bundle geometries and the effectiveness of various methods of online tube-bundle cleaning, which is currently being developed by the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at Brno University of Technology (BUT), in cooperation with the company Eveco Brno. The device will ease designing new heat exchangers, withstanding longer operation in severe fouling conditions.