TE4301 Design and Optimization of Thermal Energy Systems Syllabus:

TE4301 Design and Optimization of Thermal Energy Systems Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES

 To learn basic principles underlying pumping, heat exchangers; modeling and optimization in design of thermal systems.
 To develop representational modes of real processes and systems.
 To optimization concerning design of thermal systems.

UNIT I DESIGN CONCEPTS

Design Principles, Workable Systems, Optimal Systems, Matching of System Components, Economic Analysis, Depreciation, Gradient Present Worth factor, modelling overview – levels and steps in model development – Examples of models – curve fitting and regression analysis

UNIT II MODELLING AND SYSTEMS SIMULATION

Modelling of thermal energy systems – heat exchanger – solar collectors – distillation – rectification turbo machinery components – refrigeration systems – information flow diagram – solution of set of nonlinear algebraic equations – successive substitution – Newton Raphson method- examples of thermal systems simulation

UNIT III OPTIMIZATION

Objectives – constraints, problem formulation – unconstrained problems – necessary and sufficiency conditions. Constrained optimization – Lagrange multipliers, constrained variations, Linear Programming – Simplex tableau, pivoting, sensitivity analysis – New generation optimization techniques – examples

UNIT IV DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR

Steady state Simulation, Laplace Transformation, Feedback Control Loops, Stability Analysis, Non-Linearities

UNIT V APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES

Case studies of optimization in thermal systems problems- Dealing with uncertainty- probabilistic techniques – Trade-offs between capital and energy using Pinch analysis

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOME

 On successful Completion of this course the student will be understand modeling and optimization of Thermal systems.

REFERENCES

1. B.K.Hodge, Analysis and Design of Thermal Systems, Prentice Hall Inc., 1990.
2. Bejan A., George Tsatsaronis , Michael J. Moran , Thermal Design and Optimization, Wiley , 1996.
3. D.J. Wide, Globally Optimal Design, Wiley- Interscience, 1978.
4. Kapur J. N., Mathematical Modelling , Wiley Eastern Ltd , New York , 1989.
5. Rao S. S., Engineering Optimization Theory and Practice, New Age Publishers, 2000.
6. Stoecker W. F., Design of Thermal Systems, McGraw Hill Edition, 1989.
7. YogeshJaluria , Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems , CRC Press , 2007.