This review presents a comprehensive analysis on different ways of enhancing heat transfer
rate and pressure loss reduction in various types of compact heat exchangers (CHXs). The …

Chemical reactors are employed to produce several materials, which are utilized in
numerous applications. The wide use of these chemical engineering units shows their …

In this article, a new prairie dog optimization algorithm (PDOA) is analyzed to realize the
optimum economic design of three well-known heat exchangers. These heat exchangers …

Teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) is a recently developed heuristic algorithm
based on the natural phenomenon of teaching-learning process. In the present work, a …

This chapter presents the details of existing optimization algorithms such as Genetic
Algorithm (GA), Artificial Immune Algorithm (AIA), Differential Evolution (DE), Biogeography …

Nature-inspired optimization algorithms named meta-heuristics are found to be versatile in
engineering design fields. Their adaptability is also used in various areas of the Internet of …

In this paper, a multiobjective optimization of the heat transfer area and pumping power of a
shell-and-tube heat exchanger is presented to provide the designer with multiple Pareto …

This book not only highlights key developments in compact heat exchangers, but also instills
a practical knowledge of the latest process integration and heat transfer enhancement …

In the present work, a shell and tube heat exchanger optimization design approach is
developed with respect to the total annual cost by application of Firefly algorithm. The total …

This paper explores the use of an elitist-Jaya algorithm for economic optimization of shell-
and-tube heat exchanger (STHE) design. Three different optimization problems of STHE are …