Title :
Application of BCC algorithm in optimization of plate finned-tube heat exchanger
Author :
Wei, Kou ; Han-guo, Cui ; Gen, Fan
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Naval Archit. & Power, Naval Univ. of Eng., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
Plate finned-tube heat exchanger (PFTHX) is a kind of simple and frequently used heat exchanger in industry. A bacterial colony chemotaxis (BCC) optimization algorithm is applied to the optimization of geometry parameters such as the fin number, tube row number, tube column number, etc. of a PFTHX, and the optimization objective is the total manufacture cost or the thermodynamics performance indices. The BCC optimization algorithm is derivatively-free, and the convergence speed is fast, especially, it is irrelevant to the kind of the heat exchanger. A simple verification case was conducted and the result is acceptable.
Keywords :
heat exchangers; optimisation; performance index; pipes; plates (structures); thermodynamics; bacterial colony chemotaxis optimization algorithm; convergence speed; fin number; geometry parameter optimization; plate finned-tube heat exchanger optimization; thermodynamics performance index; total manufacture cost; tube column number; tube row number; Algorithm design and analysis; Electron tubes; Heat transfer; Heating; Microorganisms; Optimization; Trajectory; Bacterial colony chemotaxis algorithm; optimization; plate finned-tube heat exchanger;
Conference_Titel :
Management Science and Industrial Engineering (MSIE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8383-9
DOI :
10.1109/MSIE.2011.5707600
