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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Main Authors: Firmansyah Tommy, Rakib Mohammad Abdur, Karakaya Mustafa, Al Musharfy Mohamed, Suleiman Mabruk Issa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:Oil & Gas Science and Technology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2018024