Because you
want to beat the competition and improve your bottom line! Better and
more economical designs are needed in this
efficiency-driven world. The
conventional design process is cumbersome and can in some cases lead to
uneconomical designs.
Heat Transfer
Consult utilizes
proven optimization methods that take the guesswork out
of many stages of the design process. Optimization includes the
following steps:
A high-fidelity physical model of
the process or equipment with a sufficient number of relevant degrees
of freedom that can be varied.
A cost-model that includes
Investment, Operating Cost and Revenues. This model can be very
detailed, but good results can already be achieved with a relatively
simple model.
A set of operational, mechanical or
other constraints. Normally, design parameters can only be varied
within a limited space.
A numerical optimization software
tool is required to minimize the cost function by varying the design
parameters, while respecting the constraints
The result is an optimum
design that minimizes the cost function. Another way to look at it is
that profit is maximized.
Possible further
applications:
Optimization can be
applied
to thermo-hydraulic calculation of piping, ducting, heat exchangers,
preheat systems. But optimization can be applied in any field.
