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A Unit-Cell Shape Optimization Approach for Maximizing Heat Transfer in Periodic Fin Arrays at Constant Solid Temperature
Maarten Blommaert, Arthur Vangeffelen, Mehmet Basaran +2
Periodic fin structures are often employed to enhance heat transfer in compact cooling solutions and heat exchangers. Adjoint-based optimization methods are able to further increas…
Optimal Sizing and Material Choice for Additively Manufactured Compact Plate Heat Exchangers
Mehmet Basaran, Frederik Rogiers, Martine Baelmans +1
Advances in additive manufacturing (AM) enable new opportunities to design compact heat exchangers (cHEXs) by leveraging flexible geometries to improve energy and material efficien…
A Multi-Period Topology and Design Optimization Approach for District Heating Networks
Yannick Wack, Martin Sollich, Robbe Salenbien +3
The transition to 4th generation district heating creates a growing need for scalable, automated design tools that accurately capture the spatial and temporal details of heating ne…
Non-linear Topology Optimization of District Heating Networks: A benchmark of Mixed-Integer and Adjoint Approaches
Yannick Wack, Sylvain Serra, Martine Baelmans +2
The widespread use of optimization methods in the design phase of District Heating Networks is currently limited by the availability of scalable optimization approaches that accura…
Economic Topology Optimization of District Heating Networks using a Pipe Penalization Approach
Yannick Wack, Martine Baelmans, Robbe Salenbien +1
In the presented study, a pipe penalization approach for the economic topology optimization of District Heating Networks is proposed, drawing inspiration from density-based topolog…
An adjoint optimization approach for the topological design of large-scale district heating networks based on nonlinear models
Maarten Blommaert, Yannick Wack, Martine Baelmans
This article deals with the problem of finding the best topology, pipe diameter choices, and operation parameters for realistic district heating networks. Present design tools that…