Deposits in pipes 1

[SeanSweeney]

Simple question for you. What do we call the build up of fatty deposits in water pipes (mains).

I've been working in Norway for 6 years and I've started to forget my technical English. Very sad I know. (they call it 'biohud' in Norwegian which is biological skin - if you were wondering)

Cheers. Sean.

 

[rconner]

I'm not exactly sure what you are looking for, but if you do a search under 'bio film' or 'biofilm' etc. I suspect you might find some English language articles that might be of interest to you.

 

[rconner]

Also, there is also known to be an actual build-up of fats and greases etc. in at least some wastewater pipelines, and in e.g. the plastics realm apparently a term or characteristic that is used to describe affinity for such is "oleophilic" (such as e.g. described in the thread and links at

http://www.waterandwastewater.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=general;action=display;num=1173720606).

 

[SeanSweeney]

Just what I needed - my day is rolling to an end so thanks that you came up with the goods so quickly.

Cheers. Sean.

 

[bimr]

Most people call it "FOG".

http://www.ncsu.edu/wrri/news/WRRINews_335.pdf

"Although spent FOG impacts wastewater treatment plants in many ways, the more immediate negative effect is on sewer collection systems. Simply explained, spent FOG that is allowed to pass through grease traps clogs pipes."

http://www.engr.uga.edu/service/outreach/FOG Report Final.pdf