Simulation of heat transfer in the convection section of fired process heaters

Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Al Haj Ibrahim, Hassan ^a   Al Qassimi, Mourhaf ^a  

^a AL BAATH UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Convection section; Fired heater; Flue gas temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956915532     PISSN: 03245853     EISSN: 15873765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3311/pp.ch.2010-1.05     Document Type: Article

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