Irreversibility and thermoeconomics based design optimization of a ceramic heat exchanger
- Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR (US)
This paper illustrates the optimization procedure for heat exchangers residing in complex power plants. A specific case of optimizing a new technology ceramic heat exchanger, which is part of the complex power plant, is shown. The heat exchanger design methods presented are based on two different objective functions, namely, a modified irreversibility rate based objective function proposed by the authors in earlier work and an objective function based on thermoeconomics. This paper also extends existing work by illustrating a method to obtain the cost coefficients for thermoeconomic optimization, based on the use of an overall plant simulation model. A discussion on possible methods of improving the design guideposts obtained from irreversibility minimization analysis is presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 7229216
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; (USA), Vol. 111:4; ISSN 0742-4795
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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