Application of sensitivity analysis to oil refinery emissions

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-224

  Whitcombe, J M ^a   Cropp, R A ^a   Braddock, R D ^a   Agranovski, I E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fluidising catalytic cracking units; Modelling; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC CRACKING; CRUDE PETROLEUM;

ELUTRIATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037303928     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(02)00232-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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