Deposit formation occurs in most refining, chemical, desalination and power generating processes. The widespread phenomenon is associated with significant environmental impact — additional energy consumption leads to 1 to 2.5 percent of global CO2 emissions, according to HTRI.

Given the high costs of heat exchanger fouling, a high value is placed on knowledge and technology that can alleviate the problem. Toward that end, HTRI will host the 2017 Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning Conference on June 11-16, 2017 in Madrid. HTRI has issued a call for papers for the 2017 event.

Key themes of the 2017 Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning Conference include:

• Crude oil and hydrocarbon fluid fouling.
• Fouling in cooling water and thermal desalination units.
• Fouling in power plants, dairy and food industries and the automotive industry.
• Surface and chemical treatment.
• Modeling and CFD studies of fouling processes.
• Anti-fouling design of heat exchangers.
• Mechanisms of heat transfer fouling (crystallization, particulate, reaction, corrosion, solidification and biofouling).
• Micro and compact heat exchanger fouling.
• Fouling mitigation, including cleaning of heat exchangers and monitoring of heat exchanger fouling.

The abstract deadline is January 20. Interested participants are asked to submit a 250-word abstract to Reza Malayeri at reza.malayeri@tu-dresden.de. To learn more, visit www.heatexchanger-fouling.com.