Concept of expert system for boiler fouling assessment

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 835-844

  Afgan, N ^a   Carvalho, M G ^a   Coelho, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boilers; Diagnostic variables; Expert system; Heat exchanger fouling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FOULING; FURNACES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

BOILER FOULING ASSESSMENT; BOILER FURNACE; DIAGNOSTIC VARIABLES; RADIATION HEAT FLUX;

BOILERS;

EID: 0030268813     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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