Minimizing Heat Transfer Area of Plate-fin Heat Exchangers applying Class Topper Optimization

A variety of meta-heuristic optimization methods has recently been developed. A novel meta-heuristic optimization approach to address design related problems in mechanical devices for improved manufacturing is Class Topper Optimization (CTO). The output of any mechanical system depends on the manufacturing quality of the mechanical components. This work explores the power of the CTO based algorithm for design of some mechanical systems, such plate fin heat exchangers. The minimum area results obtained with the CTO approach are compared in this work with those obtained with other optimization approaches. At last, the CTO algorithm solves a mechanical problem better than some current meta-heuristic optimization method.