Monitoring the mechanical integrity of heat exchangers

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-333

  Utne, I B ^a   Brurok, T ^b   Larsen, S ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^c NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Monitoring of mechanical integrity; Oil and gas processing

Indexed keywords

FAILURE CONDITIONS; MAINTENANCE ACTION; MAINTENANCE PROBLEM; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; OFFSHORE OIL; OFFSHORE PROCESSING; OIL AND GAS; PROCESS INFORMATION; REMEDIAL ACTIONS;

FAULT DETECTION; MAINTENANCE; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 81355149720     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10475     Document Type: Article

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