Analysis and assessment of using an integrated solar energy based system in crude oil refinery

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 159, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Altayib, Khalid ^a,b   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Jeddah College of Technology   (Saudi Arabia)

^c YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Heating; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CRUDE OIL; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PREHEATING; REFINING; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CRUDE DISTILLATION UNITS; ENERGY; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; INTERMITTENT BEHAVIORS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 85067470501     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113799     Document Type: Article

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