Design and Optimization of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Student: Emmanuel Okokon Asuquo (Project, 2025)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cross Rivers University of Technology, Calabar, Cross Rivers State
Abstract
This project presents an attempt to optimize a shell and tube heat exchanger using the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) on the MathLab software. A heat exchanger is a system that is used to transfer heat through two (2) flowing fluids that are of different temperatures. There are different types of heat exchangers used in various industries like the finned tube heat exchanger/ air cooled heat exchanger, shell and tube heat exchanger, plate heat exchanger etc. The shell and tube heat exchanger is probably the most versatile and widely used in most industrial sectors. This project captures the optimization of the total annual operating cost. Thus, an attempt has been made to obtain a set of optimum dimensions of the heat exchanger subject to a given set of inlet and desired outlet conditions. All parameters have been taken from the relevant industry codes and standards, thus making the optimization problem akin to a real-world scenario.
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- AVE-MARIA UNIVERSITY, PIYANKO, NASARAWA STATE 1
- Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State 7
- Bamidele Olumilua University of Edu. Science and Tech. Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State 455
- Bauchi State College of Agriculture, Bauchi, Bauchi State 1
- Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State 16
- Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleibiri, Bayelsa State 13
- Bayero University, Kano, Kano State 586
- Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Benue State 10
- Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State 47
- Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State 3