Algorithm to determine the main design and operation parameters of the dividing-wall column. The optimization algorithm is …

. The results show that the sum of the unit cost of the cycle products obtained through thermoeconomic optimization is less …

. Constructal theory is a new method for optimal design in engineering applications. The purpose of this paper is optimization of …

of close boiling point mixtures. In this work, the stochastic methodology has been applied for optimization of both … both internal and external HIDiCs. Benzene-toluene separation has been investigated by the proposed optimization procedure … the final results, up to 6.60% and 9.75% TAC reduction have been accomplished in external and internal HIDiCs optimization …

approach of manual trial-and-error is too time-consuming to be practical. Introducing optimization technique can greatly … optimization environment to find the best insulation strategy to minimize the space conditioning load of an office building located … in Nanjing, China while keeping the insulation usage at minimum. EnergyPlus was integrated into the optimization tool by …

optimization design, a ratio of net power output to total heat transfer area is selected as the performance evaluation criterion to … HRVG and the condenser. By parametric optimization, the ORC system with isobutane has the best system performance than that …

Topology optimization methods are aimed to produce optimal design. These tools implement optimization algorithms that … simple but representative case study, that it is possible to improve the performance of the topology optimization tool during … the local search phase, i.e. the geometrical and dimensional optimization phase for which the topology optimization …

an optimization methodology of a fuzzy-logic supervision strategy. The optimization objectives are to minimize the DC …

(GA), Simulated Annealing (SA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), along with their combination GA-SA, and GA-PSO. It …