Reactor e.g. heat exchanger, fouling measuring method for e.g. agro-food industry, involves maintaining heat generator surface temperature and measuring fluid temperature in reactor to find temperature difference for finding fouling state

摘要

The method involves locating an active probe constituted of a heat generator (1) on whose external surface a temperature probe (2) is fixed, in the core of a fluid flow of a reactor. A passive probe with a temperature probe (3) is located in proximity to the generator. The external surface of the generator is maintained at a temperature measured by the probe (2). A temperature of the fluid circulating in the reactor is measured and a difference of the two temperatures is calculated. A fouling state varying with the temperature difference, of the reactor is determined. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a device for implementing a method for measuring the fouling of a reactor (2) a method for analyzing the characteristics of a reactor through the formation of a fouling deposit.