Foam is a serious issue in industrial processes of the chemical and food industry leading to significant performance and efficiency reductions of process plants. Common foam management solutions however lack efficiency and practicality, have unwanted side effects and are mostly not convenient in their application. To provide an overview of foam in industrial processes of the chemical and food industry and currently applied foam management solutions, a survey was conducted among operators and manufactures of industrial process plants. The survey is an ongoing research project, whilst this paper presents the latest results. Hence, future participants are welcomed to answer the online questionnaire at www.foam-survey.de. The survey confirms and quantifies the typical characteristics, impacts, causes and conditions of foam in industrial processes. Foam affected equipment such as columns and vessels are discussed in detail presenting different issues with foaming. Applied foam management solutions are rated. The results of the survey allow to create ideas of future advanced foam management solutions including improvement of the equipment design, the implementation of foam sensors and advanced foam controlling methods including adaptive model predictive control as well as further development of foam destruction methods.

泡沫在化学和食品工业的工业过程中是一个严重的问题，导致加工厂的显着性能和效率降低。然而，常见的泡沫管理解决方案缺乏效率和实用性，具有不希望的副作用，并且在其应用中大多不方便。为了概述化学和食品工业过程中的泡沫以及当前应用的泡沫管理解决方案，对工业过程工厂的操作员和制造商进行了调查。该调查是一个正在进行的研究项目，而本文介绍了最新结果。因此，欢迎未来的参与者在www.foam-survey.de上回答在线问卷。该调查确认并量化了工业过程中泡沫的典型特征，影响，原因和条件。详细讨论了受泡沫影响的设备，例如柱子和容器，提出了发泡方面的不同问题。评估了应用的泡沫管理解决方案。调查结果可以为未来的先进泡沫管理解决方案提供构想，包括改进设备设计，实施泡沫传感器以及采用先进的泡沫控制方法（包括自适应模型预测控制）以及进一步开发泡沫破坏方法。