Energy, exergy and economic analysis of an annealing furnace

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1257-1266

  Hasanuzzaman, M ^a   Saidur, R ^a   Rahim, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Furnace

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957941702     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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