Thermoeconomic Analysis and Multiobjective Optimization of a Solar Desalination Plant

Table 6

Values of decision variables for the design and optimized case.

Decision variable	Design case value	Optimized case value
()	20	9.41
()	20	11.14
(mm)	28.75	48.17
(m)	1	2.57
(m)	3	2.31
(m)	4.2	3.16
No. effect (—)	4	10.00
(m)	4.1	2.42
	16	23.39
	35	29.00
(mm)	20	56.08
(bar)	9	8.49
()	200	210.37
(mm)	65	57.07
Thickness (mm)	15	14.21
(m)	5.76	7.53
	2	3.21