scholarly journals Characteristics and single/multi-objective optimization of thermoelectric generator by comprehensively considering inner-connection-and-contact effects and side-surface heat loss

Author(s):  
Shaowei Qing ◽  
Hengfeng Yuan ◽  
Changcheng Chen ◽  
Shengli Tang ◽  
Xiankui Wen ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 694-697 ◽  
pp. 2850-2855
Author(s):  
Ting Fang Yu ◽  
Xia Wang ◽  
Chun Hua Peng

This paper discussed application of modified non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (MNSGA-II) to multi-objective optimization of a coal-fired boiler combustion, the two objectives considered are minimization of overall heat loss and NOx emissions from coal-fired boiler. In the first step, BP neural network was proposed to establish a mathematical model predicting the NOx emissions & overall heat loss from the boiler. Then, BP model and the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) were combined to gain the optimal operating parameters. According to the problems such as premature convergence and uneven distribution of Pareto solutions exist in the application of NSGA-II, corresponding improvements in the crowded-comparison operator and crossover operator were performed. The optimal results show that MNSGA-II can be a good tool to solve the problem of multi-objective optimization of a coal-fired combustion, which can reduce NOx emissions and overall heat loss effectively for the coal-fired boiler. Compared with NSGA-II, the Pareto set obtained by the MNSGA-II shows a better distribution and better quality.


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