Application of a decomposition strategy to the optimal synthesis/design of a fuel cell sub-system

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 365-377

  Oyarzábal, Borja ^a   Von Spakovsky, Michael R ^a   Ellis, Michael W ^a   Muñoz, J Ricardo ^a,b   Georgopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS;

DECOMPOSITION STRATEGY; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC MODELING; HEAT DEMANDS; HEAT PUMPS; LARGE CLUSTERS; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POWER PRODUCTION; SOLUTION APPROACH; SUB-SYSTEMS; TIME DECOMPOSITIONS; TOTAL ENERGY; UNIT COST;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 78249257276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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