Economic design of shell-and-tube heat exchangers using Bees Algorithm

This paper investigates use of Bees Algorithm (BA) for economic optimization of a shell and tube heat exchanger. A new non-traditional optimization design method is developed based on BA. By minimizing the total annual cost in constant heat duty and changing the shell internal diameter, outer tube diameter, and baffle spacing, better results have been achieved. Two different case studies are presented and results show how the previous design was significantly improved through the use of the BA

Keywords:

Shell and tube heat exchanger , Optimization , Bees algorithm