Beräkningsalgoritm för fouling i pelletervärmeväxlare inom plasttillverkning
Sweden?s energy consumption is divided into three major sectors. One of them is the industry sector. One third of Sweden?s energy consumption is converted in the industries. The chemical industry is one of those industries with great energy needs. This thesis looks into energy efficiency in industry, in particular the plastics manufacturing industry. Efficiency concerning heat exchangers, their fouling resistance and also pumps. This thesis also relates to the industry in the big picture as heat exchangers and pumps are widely used and these has a great energy and environmental efficiency. This thesis presents an algorithm especially developed for this issue. The thesis has been written by dividing the work into measurements and data, implementation and analysis. The result of this thesis is an Excel-sheet that may be used to calculate the fouling resistance in a plate heat exchanger.