Optimal control in thermal engineering

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Badescu, Viorel (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
SeriesStudies in systems, decision and control ; v. 93.
Subjects
Thermodynamics.
Heat > Transmission.
Heat engineering.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319529684
9783319529677
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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