Optimize heat exchanger operations by minimizing fouling

Hydrocarbon Processing

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 113-117

  Bailey, K ^a  

^a ALFA LAVAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOULING; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SERVICE LIFE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CLEAN-IN-PLACE (CIP) SYSTEMS; LOG-MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE (LMTD) CONDITIONS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0032595060     PISSN: 00188190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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