Optimal Control in Thermal Engineering

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Badescu, Viorel (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 93
• Θέματα: Engineering.; System theory.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Control engineering.; Control.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Systems Theory, Control.

This book is the first major work covering applications in thermal engineering and offering a comprehensive introduction to optimal control theory, which has applications in mechanical engineering, particularly aircraft and missile trajectory optimization. The book is organized in three parts: The f...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Functions optimization
• Elements of variational calculus
• Generalities concerning the optimal control problems
• The maximum principle (Pontryagin)
• The gradient method
• Dynamic programming (Bellman method)
• Heat transfer processes
• Heat exchangers
• Storage of thermal energy and exergy
• Heating and cooling processes
• Optimization of thermal insulation of seasonal water storage tanks
• Optimization of pin fin profiles
• Optimization of solar energy collection systems
• Flat-plate solar collectors. Optimization of absorber geometry
• Optimal time-dependent operation of open loop solar collector systems
• Optimal time-dependent operation of closed loop solar collector systems
• Optimal flow controllers
• Endoreversible heat engines
• Diesel engines
• Optimization of Daniel cam engines
• Photochemical Engines
• Optimization of one dimensional slider bearings. .