In this paper, the multi-objective optimum design of shell and tube heat exchangers is investigated. A thermal modelling of an industrial shell and tube heat exchanger is performed using an -NTU method for estimating the shell side heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop. The efficiency and total cost (includes the capital investment for the equipment and operating cost) are two important parameters in the design of heat exchangers. The fixed parameters and the ranges of the design variables are obtained from a shell and tube recovery heat exchanger in Barez tire production factory located in Kerman city, Iran. The Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is used to find the optimal design parameters to achieve the maximum thermal efficiency and minimum consumption cost as the objective functions. The tube inside and outside diameters, tube length and the number of tubes are considered as four design variables. Furthermore, the effects of changing the values ​​of the design variable on the objective functions are independently investigated. At the end, the obtained Pareto front and the related design variables and their corresponding objective functions are presented. پرونده مقاله

The aim of this paper is to present an optimal robust Pareto design of sliding-mode control for chaotic uncertain problems. When designing and applying sliding mode control to challenging dynamic systems, it is crucial to gain optimal control effort and minimum tracking errors, simultaneously. In this regard, multi-objective particle swarm optimization (periodic CDPSO) benefiting from crucial factors such as divergence and convergence operators, the leader selection method, and the adaptive elimination technique is utilized to design the optimal control approach via obtaining the Pareto front of objective functions addressing the trade-off between the states errors and control effort. Afterward, the Pareto front acquired by the periodic CDPSO algorithm is contrasted with those obtained via other prominent algorithms in the literature including Sigma method, Modified NSGAII, and MOGA. Eventually, the numerical results elucidate the effectiveness of the proposed optimal control scheme in terms of optimal control effort and minimum tracking errors. پرونده مقاله

It would be difficult to deny the importance of optimization intheareasof science and technology. This is in fact, one of the most critical steps in any design process. Even small changes inoptimization can improve dramatically upon any process orelementwithin a process. However, determining whetheran optimization approach willimprove on an original design is usually a question that its response in this study has led to an optimal design out of an existing car model. First of all, the optimization of a passive car-quarter model has been accomplished by means of a genetic algorithm. This initial optimization gives a figure of points named ''Pareto optimum points''. Secondly, through selecting a point amongst them, the design of active model has been completed and optimized based on genetic algorithm. Continuing with this thought, a similar process has been also accomplishedwith a car-half vehicle model with five degrees of freedom. Though the last optimized active model may prove a more reliable efficient design due to the more comprehensive feature related to the degrees of freedom, the results of each optimization should be considered and maysupply equally attractive anddiverse choicesas well. Anyway, let's focus on the final purposewhich is to reduce the vibrations as much as possible. This is what is observed through all the optimization jobs in this study. Comparison of these results with those reported in the literature affirms the excellence of the proposed optimal designs. پرونده مقاله

In this research study, an attempt is made to present a new optimization scheme by combination of the firefly algorithm and artificial bee colony (FA-ABC) to solve mathematical test functions and real-world problems as best as possible. In this regard, the main operators of the two meta-heuristic algorithms are employed and combined to utilize both advantages. The results are compared with those of five prominent well-known approaches on sixteen benchmark functions. Moreover, thermodynamic, economic and environmental modeling of a thermal power plant known as the CGAM problem is represented. The proposed FA-ABC algorithm is used to reduce the total cost and increase the efficiency of the system as shown in the Pareto front diagrams. پرونده مقاله

Accurate trajectory tracking and control of the Double Flexible Joint Manipulator lead to design a controller with complex features. In this paper, we study two significant strategies based on improving the structure of the hybrid controller and training the controller parameters for an online estimation of time-varying parametric uncertainities. For this purpose, combination of feedback linearization with an adaptive sliding mode control by considering update mechanism is utilized to stabilize the DFJM system. The update mechanism is obtained based on gradient descend method and chain rule of the derivation. Following, in order to eliminate the tedious trial-and-error process of determining the control coefficients, an evolutionary algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to extract the optimal parameters by minimizing the tracking error and control input. In the second step, an online estimation of the designed parameters were proposed based on three intelligent methods; weighting function, Adaptive Neural Network Function Fitting (ANNF), and adaptive Neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS-PSO). The proposed controller reliability finally was examined in condition of the mass and the length of the robot arm was changed and sudden disturbances were imposed at the moment of equilibrium position, simultanously. The results of the tracking error and control input of the trained proposed controller demonstrated minimal energy consumption and shorter stability time in condition that the control parameters are constant and training are not considered. پرونده مقاله

In this paper, the multi-objective optimum design of plate fin heat exchangers is investigated. To this end, the efficiency and cost as two important factors for the design of heat exchangers are regarded as the objective functions. Fin pitch, fin height, fin offset length, cold stream flow length, no-flow length and hot stream flow length are considered as six design parameters. The ε-NTU method is applied to estimate the heat exchanger pressure drop and its effectiveness. A case study related to a gas furnace in Barez tire group located in the northwest of Kerman, Iran is considered for the constant parameters. The Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is used to find the optimal design parameters to achieve the maximum thermal efficiency and minimum consumption cost. The method of the weighting coefficients is applied to change the considered multi-objective optimization problem as a single objective one. Furthermore, the effects of variations of the design parameters on the objective functions are independently investigated, and the related graphs are presented. پرونده مقاله