Thermo-economic modeling and optimization of underfloor heating using evolutionary algorithms

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-97

  Hajabdollahi, Farzaneh ^a   Hajabdollahi, Zahra ^b   Hajabdollahi, Hassan ^c  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Genetic Algorithm; Particle Swarm Optimization; Total annual cost; Underfloor heating

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELING; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; PANEL TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SWARM; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL MODELING; THERMOECONOMIC MODELING; TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS; TUBE LENGTH; UNDERFLOOR HEATING SYSTEMS; WATER MASS FLOW;

COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PIPE FLOW; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEATING;

EID: 84857063910     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.11.032     Document Type: Article

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