The effect of fouling on heat transfer, pressure drop, and throughput in refinery preheat trains: Optimization of cleaning schedules

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 805-814

  Ishiyama, Edward M ^a   Paterson, William R ^a   Wilson, D Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING SCHEDULES; CONTROL VALVES; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; FLOW SPLITS; FOULING MODEL; FOULING RATE; HYDRAULIC EFFECT; PARALLEL STREAMS; THERMO-HYDRAULIC; TRAIN SIMULATORS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRAULICS; LOCOMOTIVES; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RAILROAD CARS; REFINING; SIMULATORS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

FOULING;

EID: 68249137000     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630902751486     Document Type: Article

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