The design of radiant enclosures is an active area of research in radiation heat transfer. When design variables are discrete such as for radiant heater arrays with on-off control of individual heaters, current methods of design optimization fail. This paper reports the development of a metaheuristic thermal radiation optimization approach. Two metaheuristic optimization methods are explored: simulated annealing and tabu search. Both approaches are applied to a combinatorial radiant enclosure design problem. Configuration factors are used to develop a dynamic neighborhood for the tabu search algorithm. Results are presented from the combinatorial optimization problem. Tabu search with a problem specific dynamic neighborhood definition is shown to find better solutions than the benchmark simulated annealing approach in less computation time.
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Metaheuristic Optimization of a Discrete Array of Radiant Heaters
Jason M. Porter,
Jason M. Porter
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Texas at Austin
, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX 78712
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Marvin E. Larsen,
Marvin E. Larsen
Sandia National Laboratories MS 0836
, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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J. Wesley Barnes,
J. Wesley Barnes
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Texas at Austin
, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX 78712
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John R. Howell
John R. Howell
Mechanical Engineering Department,
e-mail: jhowell@mail.utexas.edu
The University of Texas at Austin
, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX 78712
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Jason M. Porter
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Texas at Austin
, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX 78712
Marvin E. Larsen
Sandia National Laboratories MS 0836
, Albuquerque, NM 87185
J. Wesley Barnes
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Texas at Austin
, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX 78712
John R. Howell
Mechanical Engineering Department,
The University of Texas at Austin
, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX 78712e-mail: jhowell@mail.utexas.edu
J. Heat Transfer. Oct 2006, 128(10): 1031-1040 (10 pages)
Published Online: March 23, 2006
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August 24, 2005
Revised:
March 23, 2006
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Porter, J. M., Larsen, M. E., Barnes, J. W., and Howell, J. R. (March 23, 2006). "Metaheuristic Optimization of a Discrete Array of Radiant Heaters." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. October 2006; 128(10): 1031–1040. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2345430
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