Thermal and hydraulic impacts consideration in refinery crude preheat train cleaning scheduling using recent stochastic optimization methods

• Main Authors: Biyanto, T.R., Ramasamy, M., Jameran, A.B., Fibrianto, H.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84984597017&doi=10.1016%2fj.applthermaleng.2016.05.068&partnerID=40&md5=96bf1c9177832feeb37e19ce183627a2; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/25671/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Fouling in heat exchanger network (HEN) in a refinery has been identified as a major obstacle for efficient energy recovery. Fouling causes loss in efficiency over the time, additional pumping cost and loss of production due to additional downtime. A complex crude preheat train (CPT) in a petroleum...