ISSN Online: 2377-424X
International Heat Transfer Conference 12
Optimisation of radiant enclosures through non-linear programming
Аннотация
This paper presents a methodology for designing radiant enclosures using non-linear programming. The design
objective is to determine the heater settings that result in the desired temperature and heat-flux distributions over
a design surface in a 2-D diffuse-walled radiant enclosure. The primal problem is solved using an infinitesimal-area
approach, and the design is optimised using Newton's method. Sensitivities are calculated by direct differentiation. The technique is demonstrated by solving an industrially-relevant design problem.