Design optimization of a two-stage porous radiant burner through response surface modeling

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 727-745

  Horsman, A P ^a   Daun, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNER EFFICIENCY; COMBUSTION SIMULATIONS; DESIGN ITERATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION; LOW-ORDER POLYNOMIALS; MODEL-BASED DESIGN; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS CERAMICS; POROUS RADIANT BURNERS; PREMIXED COMBUSTION; RADIANT EFFICIENCY; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELING; TWO STAGE;

ALGORITHMS; COMBUSTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84857319826     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2011.627782     Document Type: Article

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