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Heat exchanger design based on economic optimisation
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In this paper, a procedure for optimal design of shell and tube heat exchangers is proposed, which utilizes a genetic algorithm to minimize the total cost of the equipment including capital investment and the sum of discounted annual energy expenditures related to pumping.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2008-07-01. It has received 258 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Total cost.read more
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Review of utilization of genetic algorithms in heat transfer problems
TL;DR: The main features of the problems addressed with GAs including the modeling, number of variables, and GA settings are presented, useful for future use of GAs in heat transfer.
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Multi-objective optimization of heat exchangers using a modified teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm
R. Venkata Rao,Vivek Patel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a modified version of the TLBO algorithm is introduced and applied for the multi-objective optimization of heat exchangers, where the objective function is to maximize the heat exchanger effectiveness and minimize the total cost of the exchanger.
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Design optimization of shell-and-tube heat exchanger using particle swarm optimization technique
Vivek Patel,Ravipudi Venkata Rao +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the use of a non-traditional optimization technique; called particle swarm optimization (PSO), for design optimization of shell-and-tube heat exchangers from economic view point.
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Design optimization of shell and tube heat exchangers using global sensitivity analysis and harmony search algorithm
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the use of global sensitivity analysis (GSA) and harmony search algorithm (HSA) for design optimization of shell and tube heat exchangers (STHXs) from the economic viewpoint.
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Multi-objective optimization of shell and tube heat exchangers
TL;DR: In this paper, a shell and tube heat exchanger was first thermally modeled using e-NTU method while Bell-Delaware procedure was applied to estimate its shell side heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop.
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