Optimizing Thermal, Chemical and Environmental Systems

Optimizing Thermal, Chemical and Environmental Systems treats the evaluation of power or energy limits for processes that arise in various thermal, chemical and environmental engineering systems (heat and mass exchangers, power converters, recovery units, solar collectors, mixture separators, chemical reactors, catalyst regenerators, etc.). The book is an indispensable source for researchers and students, providing the necessary information on what has been achieved to date in the field of process optimization, new research problems, and what kind of further studies should be developed within quite specialized optimizations. Summarizes recent achievements of advanced optimization techniquesLinks exergy definitions in reversible systems with classical problems of extremum workIncludes practical problems and illustrative examples to clarify applicationsProvides a unified description of classical and work-assisted heat and mass exchangersWritten by a first-class expert in the field of advanced methods in thermodynamics INDICE: 1. Outline of Classical Optimization Methods 2. Finite Rate Optimization of Steady Thermal Units 3. Neural Networks for Emission Prediction of Dust Pollutants 4. Neural Networks - A Review of Other Applications 5. Optimal Control in Grain Drying Systems 6. Power Yield in Homogeneous Chemical Systems 7. Optimal Control of some Catalytic Processes 8. Reactors with Catalyst Decay and Regeneration 9. Fuel Cells and Other Electrochemical Systems 10. Responsibility for Unfortunate Biofuel Innovations 11. Approaches to analysis and design of complex systems

• ISBN: 978-0-12-813582-2
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 412
• Fecha Publicación: 24/11/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés