Knowledge-based expert system for fouling assessment of industrial heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-208

  Afgan, N H ^a   Carvalho, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Expert system; Expert system development; Fouling; Heat exchangers; Heat exchanger efficiency; Knowledge based system

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL;

COLD STREAM FLOW RATE; EXPERT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; FOULING REMOVAL ASSESSMENT; HEAT EXCHANGER EFFICIENCY; HOT STREAM FLOW RATE; MARGIN CONSUMPTION LIFETIME ASSESSMENT;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030104123     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00001-1     Document Type: Article

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