Remaining life assessment of refinery heater tubes

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 388, Issue , 1999, Pages 361-366

  Kim, D S ^a   Mead, H E ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CREEP; DESULFURIZATION; HEAT PIPES; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

OMEGA METHOD; REFINERY HEATER TUBES;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0033310348     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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