“…A case of interest is ribbed surfaces for heat exchangers. Developed for enhancing heat transfer [6][7][8][9] and/or mitigating crystallization fouling [10,11], these structures may exacerbate particulate fouling. Assuming an analogy between particle transport and heat transfer, theoretical studies [6,12] suggest that rib structures intensify particle transport to the surface, but, in the meantime, the enhanced local shear rate reduces the fraction of the particles sticking to the surface.…”