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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Mohsen S. Yeganeh, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Glen B. Brons, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Henry Alan Wolf, Morristown, NJ (US);
Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Mohsen S. Yeganeh, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Glen B. Brons, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Henry Alan Wolf, Morristown, NJ (US);
Limin Song, West Windsor, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device is coupled to a heat exchanger for mitigating fouling by applying a mechanical force to a fixed heat exchanger to excite a vibration in the heat exchange surface and produce shear waves in the fluid adjacent the heat exchange surface while the heat exchanger is in operation. An electromagnetic driven impulse device induces vibration onto heat exchanger tubes and/or an acoustic wave through the liquid service fluid to reduce fouling. The device can be mounted directly onto the outer part or piping and produces acoustical/vibrational modes onto the tube or near the surface of tubes.