Industrial Processes and Techniques

Wherever particles are involved, the problem of fouling, or deposition on surfaces arises. In the case of heat exchangers for combustion gases, thermal transfer efficiency may be drastically reduced by the deposition of the relatively highly insulating soot and flyash particles. In other contexts sulfuric acid and other corrosive vapor droplets diffuse or impact upon conduit surfaces thereby shortening their useful lifetime [1.22,25]. In all of these cases, numerous questions of kinetic theory arise including all the phoretic forces. In addition, particle interaction forces are ultimately responsible for delivery to the surface in question. 

In recent years there has been a growing realization that clusters and fine particles below 10 nm are far more catalytically active than larger particles or surfaces [1.28]. Based upon this information, matrix-isolated metallic clusters [1.29] and bimetallic species [1.30] have been generated for catalytic work. Heterogeneous processes and kinetic theory are involved in their catalytic function and, in addition, interaction forces play a role in their generation. 

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Modern industry users a wide range of electrochemical processes to protect against corrosion, provide surface treatments and to manufacture products. This book focuses on the computer modelling of these industrial processes and techniques by examining the developments of computational models and their application in practice. 

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