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• OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF HEATERS IN A RADIANT FURNACE USING THE GENETIC ALGORITHM  download article

S. M. H. Sarvari
Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Sistan & Baluchestan, 98135-161, Zahedan, Iran

ABSTRACT

The optimum locations of heaters in a two-dimensional radiant furnace are found by using the genetic algorithm of searching. The objective of the problem is to produce the uniform temperature and heat flux distributions over the design surface. The discrete transfer method is used to solve the radiative transfer equation in transparent medium. The optimization procedure in the present study is based on the micro genetic algorithm. The procedure consists of the basic genetic operations, selection and crossover, and another recommended operation to use, elitism. The effect of the angular mesh refinement on the convergence rate and the precision of the design process are checked by considering a test case.

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