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Heat Transfer

Troubleshooting waste-heat boiler poor heat transfer

Saudi Aramco: Yeh, G. J.  |  Al-Babtain, I.  |  Al-Zahrani, S.
PetroRabigh: Al-Ghanemi, N.

Analytical results showed that potash leached from the catalyst, refractory powder, corrosion products and, to a lesser extent, catalyst fines resulted in tube fouling

Heat-exchanger failure analysis in a naphtha cracking unit

University of Tehran: Mazuchi, M.  |  Monemian, S. A.
Shahid Chamran University: Sababi, M.

This case history analyzed the failure and makes recommendations to prevent future failures

Calculating turbulent diffusion jet flames

Praxair, Inc.: Meagher, J.P.

Following these steps may prevent potential damaging hot spots

What metals should be used in critical service heat exchangers?

Consolidated Contractors Co.: Pramanik, R.

Here are important guidelines when considering titanium for exchanger construction

Rethink planning for heat-recovery systems

Consultant: Ganapathy, V.

Better early design of steam generators can save lots of money in operating cogeneration plants

HP Control: Condenser hot vapor bypass control

Petrocontrol: Friedman, Y. Z.

What is the worst mistake? It is the one that is repeated in practically every refinery, and yet, we haven't managed to learn from it. I have chosen to discuss the very simple distillation column pres..

Is your facility operating energy efficiently?

Career Institute of Technology & Management: Gill, B. S.

Recovering lost heat energy can improve the bottom-line for any refinery

Optimize heat transfer networks

Texas A&M University: Al-Azri, N.  |  El-Halwagi, M.
Saudi Aramco: Thubaiti, M.

An innovative method applies heat integration to cost-effectively retrofit bottlenecks in utility systems

Consider heat integration to improve separation performance

Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology: Horiuchi, K. I.  |  Iwakabe, K.  |  Matsuda, K.  |  Nakaiwa, M.  |  Nakanishi, T.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology: Huang, K.

Innovative approaches gain efficiency for distillation operations

Fuzzy approach for cascaded refrigeration synthesis

Suez Canal University, Department of Chemical and Refining Engineering: Aly, S.  |  Awad, M.  |  Rabea, F.

The proposed method provides accurate results with less computation