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Optimization of steam boiler design M Bojić1
and S Dragićević2 1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić, Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro 2Technical Faculty of Čačak, University of Kragujevac, Čačak, Serbia and Montenegro The manuscript was received on 18 June 2005 and was accepted after revision for publication on 24 February 2006. DOI: 10.1243PE203 Abstract: As energy and equipment costs increase, optimal production of steam becomes eco- nomically more important in the industry. In this investigation, a linear programming model has been developed to optimize the performance of a steam boiler by minimizing its total life-cycle costs. For different types of fuel, costs of fuel, investment, and production of steam, the model predicts the optimal size of the entire steam boiler and its parts. Investigations show that this approach may maximally yield savings of up to 30 per cent. Keywords: linear programming, optimization, life-cycle costs 1 INTRODUCTION To minimize costs and decrease environmental pol- lution, an industry should optimally produce steam used in a number of different processes and for space heating. As a steam boiler produces steam, it is necessary to consider its optimization. In this paper, the linear programming (LP) model is deve- loped for that purpose. There are many methods for performance optimiz- ation of energy systems, in which LP is used to solve problems by minimizing or maximizing an objective function of several independent variables. This widely used method is one of the best for analysing complex systems. Typical applications of LP include the optimization of energy use in heat and mass exchanger networks [1], industrial buildings [2], steam systems [3, 4], power systems [5, 6], and large electric utilities [7]. In this investigation, LP has been used to optimize the size of an industrial steam boiler and the relative size of its heating surfaces [8]. The boiler converts feed water