Improving monitoring of NOx emissions in refineries

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 594-597

  Graziani, S ^a   Pitrone, N ^a   Xibilia, M G ^b   Barbalace, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neural networks; NOx emissions; Nonlinear modeling; Pollution monitoring; Refinery

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR MODELING; NOX EMISSIONS; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHIMNEYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL REFINERIES; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 4644244414     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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