Optimization of a Heat Exchanger with Turbulent Flow
Application ID: 90651
Commercial heat exchangers often feature a complex design. It is significantly easier to build a design with new CAD parameters than to build designs with novel topologies. This model demonstrate how to optimize the size and position of the tubes in a tube and shell heat exchanger. It is possible to apply gradient based by using the Deformed Geometry interface.
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however, additional products may be required to completely define and model it. Furthermore, this example may also be defined and modeled using components from the following product combinations:
- COMSOL Multiphysics® and
- Optimization Module and
- either the CFD Module, or Heat Transfer Module
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