Performance optimization of dry-cooling systems for power plants through SQP methods

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 25-45

  Conradie, A E ^a   Buys, J D ^a   Kroger D G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dry cooling; Engineering optimization; Power plants; Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP); SQP decomposition

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE; POWER PLANTS;

DRY COOLING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING DECOMPOSITION;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031634316     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(97)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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