Abstract
A carbon steel heat exchanger installed in a reverse osmosis unit failed after 1 1/2 years from start-up as a result of tubes, lids, tube sheets, and connection pipes clogging from rust deposits. Chemical analysis of cooling water and scraped precipitates, as well laboratory screening of the deposits for bacteria, revealed that activity of iron-oxidizing bacteria present in cooling water could lead to heat exchanger blockage.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 55-61 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Volume | 38 |
| No | 1 |
| Specialist publication | Materials Performance |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |