eprintid: 11526 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/15/26 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:26:02 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:26:02 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:15:28 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Deshannavar, U.B. creators_name: Ramasamy, M. title: A model to determine maximum heat flux under forced convective heat transfer regime for crude oil fouling studies ispublished: pub keywords: Asphaltenes; Atmospheric temperature; Boiling liquids; Crude oil; Forced convection; Fouling; Surface properties, Crude oils; Crude preheat train; Forced convective heat transfer; Fouling characteristics; Fouling characterization; Maximum heat flux; Operating condition; Surface temperatures, Heat flux note: cited By 10 abstract: Reactive species such as asphaltenes play an important role in crude oil fouling. Crude preheat trains in petroleum refineries are the most affected due to crude oil fouling. Fouling characteristics of crude oils are generally determined through experiments in lab-scale or pilot-scale units using very high surface temperatures/heat fluxes. At very high surface temperature values, the heat transfer regime may change from forced convection to boiling. Determination of maximum heat flux or surface temperature beyond which heat transfer regime changes from forced convection to boiling is important for the study of crude preheat train fouling. In the present study, experiments were conducted using two Malaysian crude oils to estimate the maximum heat flux/surface temperature and a model to determine the maximum heat flux has been developed and validated with the experimental data. This will form the basis for selecting the operating conditions (heat flux/surface temperature) prior to the crude oil fouling characterization studies. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd date: 2019 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064663253&doi=10.1016%2fj.applthermaleng.2019.04.091&partnerID=40&md5=38553e7cd43e84667ea5fcbb5404eb8c id_number: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.04.091 full_text_status: none publication: Applied Thermal Engineering volume: 156 pagerange: 485-493 refereed: TRUE issn: 13594311 citation: Deshannavar, U.B. and Ramasamy, M. (2019) A model to determine maximum heat flux under forced convective heat transfer regime for crude oil fouling studies. Applied Thermal Engineering, 156. pp. 485-493. ISSN 13594311