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The document provides typical fouling factors for various types of water and other liquids flowing at 3 ft/sec or higher, detailing specific allowances for distilled water, cooling systems, steam, brines, vapors, and organic solvents. It also includes references to several articles and publications related to heat exchangers and water heater fundamentals. The information is adapted from a source by Bill Holladay and Cy Otterhelm from 1985.

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The document provides typical fouling factors for various types of water and other liquids flowing at 3 ft/sec or higher, detailing specific allowances for distilled water, cooling systems, steam, brines, vapors, and organic solvents. It also includes references to several articles and publications related to heat exchangers and water heater fundamentals. The information is adapted from a source by Bill Holladay and Cy Otterhelm from 1985.

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21.

20 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

TABLE 21.3 Typical Fouling Factors

Recommended minimum fouling allowances for water flowing at 3


ft / sec* or higher:
Distilled water 0.0005
Water, closed system 0.0005
Water, open system 0.0010
Inhibited cooling tower 0.0015
Engine jacket 0.0015
Treated boiler feed (212⬚F) 0.0015
Hard well water 0.0030
Untreated cooling tower 0.0033
Steam:
Dry, clean and oil free 0.0003
Wet, clean and oil free 0.0005
Exhaust from turbine 0.0010
Non-ferrous Ferrous
Brines: tubes tubes
Methylene chloride none none
Inhibited salts 0.0005 0.0010
Non-inhibited salts 0.0010 0.0020
Inhibited glycois 0.0010 0.0020
Vapors and gases:
Refrigerant vapors none
Solvent vapors 0.0008
Air, (clean) centrifugal comp 0.0015
Air, reciprocating compressor 0.0030
Other liquids:
Organic solvents (clean) 0.0001
Vegetable oils 0.0040
Quenching oils (filtered) 0.0050
Fuel oils 0.0060
Sea water 0.0005
* Lower velocities require higher f values.
Adapted from ‘‘Numbers,’’ Bill Holladay and Cy Otterhelm, 1985.

REFERENCES

Clark, Jack ‘‘Domestic Water Heater Fundamentals’’, Air Conditioning, Heating and Venti-
lating Magazine, October 1968.
Plate Heat Exchangers, Process Heating Magazine, 1999.
Madejczyk, J and Stephan, M, ‘‘Shell and Tube vs. Plate Heat Exchangers, Heating, Piping,
Air Conditioning Magazine, 1994.
Trumpfheller, G. ‘‘Selecting the Appropriate type Heat Exchanger’’, Chemical Processing
Magazine, January, 1998.

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