Modeling of Thermal Systems

Optimizing the Heat Loss from an Insulation Material and Boundary Layer Thickness of Airflow through a Hot Plate Using Nonlinear Least-Squares Error and Linear Programming Algorithms

“…Accordingly, the thermal performance and optimal thickness of insulation materials for a given scenario have long interested researchers, and these issues are now being investigated in light of the current need for energy conservation in the face of finite energy resources. − Several heat transfer-related investigations have aimed to compute the optimal generation, loss, or transfer of heat in different scenarios and setups with or without thermal insulation . These setups differ regarding shape, requirements, and utility, which has increased the requirement to optimize thermal systems. − Numerous studies have reported methods to optimize heat transfer problems using different optimization techniques, as described below. These techniques define a problem with a mathematical objective function, subject to boundary conditions and constraints. − …”