Study of scale-removal methods in a double-pipe heat exchanger

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 50-57

  Cho, Young I ^a   Liu, Rong ^a   McFarland, William J ^b   Fusegni, Lewis ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b PECO Energy Company   (United States)

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EID: 0003158736     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014576300270906     Document Type: Article

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