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Efficient synthesis of heat exchanger networks combining heuristic approaches with a genetic algorithm
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2011
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Institut
Journal
Volume
47
Issue
8
Start Page
1019
End Page
1026
Citation
Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung 47 (8): 1019-1026 (2011)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
Springer
In this work an innovative method for heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis is introduced and examined. It combines a genetic algorithm (GA) with a heuristic based optimization procedure. The novel algorithm removes appearing heat load loops from the HEN structures when profitable, throughout the evolution. Two examples were examined with the new HEN synthesis method and for both better results were obtained. Thus, a positive effect of heuristic based optimization methods on the HEN synthesis with GA could be located.
DDC Class
530: Physik