A new method to determine the best units for breaking heat load loops of heat exchanger networks

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1496-1503

  Zhu, J Y ^a,b   Rao, M ^a   Chuang, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Hyprotech Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMAL LOAD;

ENERGY RELAXATION; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGER; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGE;

EID: 0032899878     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980476f     Document Type: Article

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