Use of crude oil fouling threshold data in heat exchanger design

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 763-776

  Polley, G T ^a   Wilson, D I ^a   Yeap, B L ^a   Pugh, S J ^b  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ESDU International plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Fouling; Heat exchanger; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FOULING;

CRUDE OIL FOULING THRESHOLD;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0036643229     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00021-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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