%0 Journal Article
%T Computation of the Optimal Value of Operating Parameters in a Reactor ¨C Heat Exchanger System by Differential Evolution Techniques
%A Gopalakrishnan.B
%A Dr.P.K.Bhaba
%J International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering
%D 2013
%I IJRTE
%X In this research work, the modern soft computingtechnique of Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm is consideredto determine global optimal values of the operating parameters ina Reactor -Heat Exchanger (RHE) system. In addition, a penaltyterm is incorporated in the objective function and therebycomputing annual cost of the RHE system in terms of operatingand investment costs. A comparative study is also made withGenetic Algorithm (GA) in RHE system. Results clearly indicatethe supremacy of DE for global optimization of operatingparameters in RHE system. A convergence test is performed andreported here.
%K Optimization
%K Differential Evolution Algorithm
%K Genetic Algorithm
%K Reactor - Heat Exchanger System.
%U http://www.ijrte.org/attachments/File/v1i6/F0400021613.pdf