Open AccessFouling Characteristics of Milk-Water System in a Plate Heat Exchanger
Author(s) -
Balasubramani Ravindran,
A. Manikandan,
Kandaswamy Kalaivani,
B. Ramesh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d7913.118419
Subject(s) - fouling , plate heat exchanger , heat exchanger , dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger , pasteurization , heat transfer , materials science , plate fin heat exchanger , composite material , coating , work (physics) , heat transfer coefficient , mechanics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , engineering , food science , critical heat flux , biochemistry , physics , membrane
Fouling is a major problem which affects technical performance and economics of the plate type heat exchanger used for the pasteurization of milk and dairy products. In the present work, experiments were conducted with milk- water system using corrugated plate type heat exchanger (model: M3-FG Alfa Laval) with 13 plates. Experiments were conducted to determine the heat transfer characteristics and fouling resistance by varying the temperature and the flow rate. The enhancement of heat transfer by fouling minimization with the coating of plates with epoxy coating was also studied and reported