Retrofitting crude oil refinery heat exchanger networks to minimize fouling while maximizing heat recovery

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-34

  Yeap, Boon Lin ^a   Wilson, D Ian ^a   Polley, Graham T ^b   Pugh, Simon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Heat and Power Systems Analysis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c ESDU International plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETROFITTING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOT NUMBER; FOULING RESISTANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSAL GAS CONSTANT;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 13844267585     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630590890139     Document Type: Article

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