Supervision of the thermal performance of heat exchanger trains

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 347-357

  Negrao C O R ^a   Tonin, P C ^a   Madi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fouling; Heat exchangers; Monitoring; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

HEAT CAPACITY RATIO; OIL REFINING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

CONDITION MONITORING; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FEEDSTOCKS; FOULING; HEAT RESISTANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 33749651967     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.07.025     Document Type: Article

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