Mitigating flow induced vibration in heater radiant coil
Vibration of process heater tubes in a fired heater can cause fretting-wear damage of the tubes at the locations of contact points with the supports. For the reboiler of a naphtha splitter in a naphtha hydrotreating unit, a scenario of fretting-wear damage was observed exactly at contact areas betwe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2018-01-01
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Series: | Oil & Gas Science and Technology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2018024 |