Exergoeconomically—aided evolution strategy applied to a combined cycle power plant

✍ Scribed by Stefan Uhlenbruck; Klaus Lucas

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 260 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1290-0729
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2003.07.003

✦ Synopsis

Evolution strategy has been combined with a particular exergoeconomic method to yield an optimization technique called Exergoeconomically-Aided Evolution Strategy. Its application to the optimization of a combined cycle power plant is examined to demonstrate, whether the exergoeconomic method can be used to improve the evolutionary optimization technique. It is shown, that there is a benefit on the optimization progress under certain conditions. However, there are generally so many uncertainties associated with the exergoeconomic method that it cannot be recommended as a universal tool for widely computerized process optimization. It remains, however, a useful tool for an interactive application by an experienced engineer.