Heat pump system utilizing produced water in oil fields

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1959-1970

  Gu, Zhaolin ^a   Qiu, Jian ^a   Li, Yun ^a   Cai, Guoguang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crude oil heating furnace; EER; Evaporative spray cooling; Heat pump; Oil field; Produced water

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COOLING; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EVAPORATION; HEATING FURNACES; OIL FIELDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENERGY SAVING;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042133322     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(03)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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