Exploring multi-objective trade-offs in the design space of a waste heat recovery system
| Autor: | DW Ross, Stephen Burns, Ian Hunt, Maizura Mokhtar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Engineering Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm Process (engineering) Culture and Communities 020209 energy Evolutionary algorithm 02 engineering and technology Optimisation and learning Management Monitoring Policy and Law Waste heat recovery unit Design objective 020401 chemical engineering Waste heat TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Optimisation Sensitivity (control systems) 0204 chemical engineering Cluster analysis Waste heat recovery Parallel coordinates Energy business.industry Mutually exclusive objective functions Mechanical Engineering 621.4 Heat engines Building and Construction Industrial engineering General Energy business Engineering Research Group |
| Zdroj: | Applied Energy. 195:114-124 |
| ISSN: | 0306-2619 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.030 |
| Popis: | A waste heat recovery system (WHRS) is used to capture waste heat released from an industrial process, and transform the heat into reusable energy. In practice, it can be difficult to identify the optimal form of a WHRS for a particular installation, since this can depend on various design objectives, which are often mutually exclusive. More so when the number of objectives is large. To address this problem, a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) was used to explore and characterise the trade-off surface within the design space of a particular WHRS. A combination of clustering algorithm and parallel coordinates plots was proposed for use in analysing the results. The trade-off surface is first segmented using a clustering algorithm and parallel coordinates plots are then used to both visualise and understand the resulting set of Pareto-optimal designs. As a case study, a simulation of a WHRS commonly found in the food and drinks process industries was developed, comprising of a desuperheater coupled to a hot water reservoir. The system was parameterised, considering typical objectives, and the MOEA used to build a library of alternative Pareto-optimal designs that can be used by installers. The resulting visualisation are used to better understand the sensitivity of the system’s parameters and their trade-offs, providing another source of information for prospective installations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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