ISSN Online: 2688-7231
ISBN Online: 978-1-56700-524-0
Proceedings of the 26thNational and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India
MyCoil − A program for the rating and optimisation of flow paths of air-cooled heat exchangers
Abstract
There is worldwide interest in developing new methods for optimising flow paths of air-cooled heat exchangers. This paper presents the results obtained with our program for the rating and optimising flow paths of air-cooled heat exchangers. The optimisation has been carried out by treating the air-cooled heat exchanger as an equivalent of a travelling salesman problem using the ant colony optimisation method.