Optimal Operation of a Concentrator

Concentrators are used in the industrial world to remove water from a chemical or substance by heating the liquid until the water evaporates thereby concentrating the remaining substance. The goal of this project is to find the optimum cycle time, number of cycles per year, and the heating element a...

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Main Author:	Katrina Stine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of South Florida 2011-01-01
Series:	Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
Subjects:	Evaporator, Cycle Time, Minimum cost
Online Access:	http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol4/iss1/7

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spelling	doaj-cf20c89bbeac410191e217ba2b1248df2020-11-24T23:44:58ZengUniversity of South FloridaUndergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two2326-36522011-01-014110.5038/2326-3652.4.1.7Optimal Operation of a ConcentratorKatrina StineConcentrators are used in the industrial world to remove water from a chemical or substance by heating the liquid until the water evaporates thereby concentrating the remaining substance. The goal of this project is to find the optimum cycle time, number of cycles per year, and the heating element area that would minimize the total annual cost and hours of operation of an industrial concentrator. It was found that the specified concentrator would achieve a minimum total cost of $48,720.50 per year and take 993.8 hours to meet the production goal of evaporating one million kilograms of water.http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol4/iss1/7Evaporator, Cycle Time, Minimum cost
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title	Optimal Operation of a Concentrator
title_short	Optimal Operation of a Concentrator
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publisher	University of South Florida
series	Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
issn	2326-3652
publishDate	2011-01-01
description	Concentrators are used in the industrial world to remove water from a chemical or substance by heating the liquid until the water evaporates thereby concentrating the remaining substance. The goal of this project is to find the optimum cycle time, number of cycles per year, and the heating element area that would minimize the total annual cost and hours of operation of an industrial concentrator. It was found that the specified concentrator would achieve a minimum total cost of $48,720.50 per year and take 993.8 hours to meet the production goal of evaporating one million kilograms of water.
topic	Evaporator, Cycle Time, Minimum cost
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Optimal Operation of a Concentrator

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