Title :

Monitoring cleaning cycles of fouled ducts using ultrasonic Coda Wave Interferometry (CWI)

Author(s) :

Chen, Bin [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Callens, Dorothee [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Campistron, Pierre [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Moulin, Emmanuel [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Debreyne, Pascal [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Delaplace, Guillaume [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]

Journal title :

Ultrasonics

Volume number :

96

Pages :

253-260

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2019-07

English keyword(s) :

Ultrasonic
Coda wave interferometry
Fouling
Cleaning

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Ingénierie des aliments
Physique [physics]/Matière Condensée [cond-mat]/Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire
Physique [physics]/Matière Condensée [cond-mat]/Matière Molle [cond-mat.soft]
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Génie des procédés

English abstract : [en]

Fouling in heat exchangers is the buildup of deposits on the solid surfaces. These deposits reduce the eco-efficiency of the processing equipment and increase the risk of subsequent surface contamination with the formation ...
Show more >Fouling in heat exchangers is the buildup of deposits on the solid surfaces. These deposits reduce the eco-efficiency of the processing equipment and increase the risk of subsequent surface contamination with the formation of biofilms. In the agro-food and water supplier sectors, which are our main concern, fouling on the hot walls of processing heat exchangers is a common occurrence and requires frequent cleaning cycles to ensure hygiene requirements are met. This results in a considerable ecological footprint. Sensors and diagnostic tools for monitoring fouling are thus of utmost importance to ensure the rational validation of the cleaning end-point and to decrease the environmental impact of the cleaning cycles. In this paper, a non-destructive ultrasonic monitoring technique using coda waves and the associated signal processing was tested to monitor the evolution over time of a deposit layer on a solid wall during cleaning. To ascertain the feasibility of the method, a piece of wax of controlled thickness was deposited to simulate the initial fouling state and a cleaning cycle was launched. The decorrelation coefficient was used as an indicator to monitor fouling. This article presents the principle of this unprecedented technique for measuring the degree of fouling. The results of the experiments show that this non-destructive monitoring technology is sensitive to changes in fouling and that the decorrelation coefficient curves are in agreement with the cleaning kinetics captured using a video camera, thus ascertaining the pertinence of the diagnostic tool proposed.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSCL
CNRS
INRA

Collections :

• Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN) - UMR 8520
• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Research team(s) :

Processus aux Interfaces et Hygiène des Matériaux (PIHM)

Submission date :

2019-05-17T09:25:16Z
2020-12-14T14:42:59Z
2024-03-19T17:03:05Z