NONLINEAR MODELING OF CRUDE PREHEAT TRAIN FOULING RATE VIA NEURAL-NETWORK

• Main Authors: H., Zabiri, C. S. , Wah, V. R. , Radhakrishnan, N. , Tahir, N. M. , Ramli, M., Ramasamy
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3764/1/ISM06_%28019%29__finalized23March.pdf; http://www.aus.edu/conferences/mechatronics_3/program.php; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3764/

Fouling in heat exchangers tend to reduce the overall heat transfer coefficient. Two main impacts of fouling in Crude Preheat Train (CPT) operation are reduced heat recovery and increased pressure drop. Due to the inability of the existing monitoring tools to predict fouling rate, a heat exchanger p...