Detection of fouling in a cross-flow heat exchanger using a neural network based technique

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-679

  Lalot, Sylvain ^a   Pálsson, Halldór ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Detection; Fouling; Heat exchanger; Neural network; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

CROSS-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGERS; CUSUM TEST; DETECTION; FALSE ALARMS; LONG TIME SERIES; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; REFERENCE TIME;

FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; TIME SERIES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 75049083166     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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