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Heat Transfer

Alfa Laval wins SEK 110 million refinery order in India

Alfa Laval has received an order for Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to be used in an Indian refinery. The order value is about SEK 110 million and delivery will be finalized during 2011.

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