Optimal design of a dry-type natural-draft cooling tower by geometric programming |
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| Authors: | J G Ecker R D Wiebking |
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| Institution: | (1) Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium;(2) Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York;(3) Unternehmensberatung Schumann GmbH, Cologne, West Germany |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, the optimal design of dry-type natural-draft cooling towers is investigated. Using physical laws and engineering design relations that govern the system, a rather detailed optimization model is developed. This model is then reformulated as a geometric programming problem. A primary consideration in this reformulation is how certain polynomial equations may be effectively replaced by inequalities. A numerical example follows. |
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| Keywords: | Optimal design cooling towers geometric programming posynomials nonlinear programming engineering design |
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