Residue life prediction and rapid maintenance strategies of reformer furnace tubes

Petroleum Refinery Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Jiang, Yong ^a   Gong, Jianming ^a   Tu, Shandong ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Damage; Failure; High temperature; Maintenance; Reformer furnace; Residue life

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749097620     PISSN: 1002106X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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