Thermal and Economic Optimization of Shell and Tube Type Heat Exchanger Using Genetic Algorithm

Authors

  • Haresh. A. Patel
  • Manish Pokharna

Abstract

In the present work the design of shell and tube type heat exchanger is optimized in terms of cost and heat transfer rate for triangular and square orientation of heat exchanger tubes using genetic algorithm. The results of genetic algorithms are compared with other optimization algorithms. As per the findings the genetic algorithm performs best optimization on both cost and heat transfer rate as compared to the other optimization techniques observed in the literature. Moreover, the triangular configuration of the tubes gives utmost heat transfer rate at lowest cost than the square configuration.

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2020-02-04

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