Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Design Using Successive Quadratic Programming (SQP)

A nonlinear optimization algorithm is applied to the design of air-cooled heat exchangers. In such equipment, the cold fluid (air) is impelled across banks of finned tubes by means of fans in forced or induced draft. The hot stream flows inside the tubes in one or more passes, and the process that t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Heat transfer engineering Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 11 - 16
Main Authors: GONZALEZ, M. T, PETRACCI, N. C, URBICAIN, M. J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA Informa UK Ltd 01.06.2001
Taylor & Francis
Subjects:
Algorithms
Applied sciences
Condensation
Cooling
Devices using thermal energy
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Fans
Heat exchangers (included heat transformers, condensers, cooling towers)
Optimization
Quadratic programming
Stream flow
Tubes (components)
Vapors
Air cooled heat exchanger
Heat exchanger
Air cooled exchanger
Computation code
Mathematical model
Quadratic programming
Algorithm
Optimization
ISSN:0145-7632, 1521-0537
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A nonlinear optimization algorithm is applied to the design of air-cooled heat exchangers. In such equipment, the cold fluid (air) is impelled across banks of finned tubes by means of fans in forced or induced draft. The hot stream flows inside the tubes in one or more passes, and the process that takes place may be cooling of either a gas or a liquid, or condensation of either a pure vapor or a mixture. The objective function is the minimum cost of the unit (investment and operation), subject to certain geometric and thermohydraulic constraints. The optimization algorithm used is that developed by Biegler and Cuthrell [1], and programmed by them in the OPT package. The problem posed in this case is made of 10 optimization variables, subject to five constraints related to geometric and operational parameters of the heat exchanger.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
ISSN:0145-7632
1521-0537
DOI:10.1080/01457630121489