Research Article

Dynamic Time-Delay Characteristics and Structural Optimization Design of Marine Gas Turbine Intercooler

Table 5

The structure comparisons of preliminary design and simulated annealing algorithm.

ParametersPreliminary designOptimal design

Number of gas side fin layers, 3637
Fin pitch of gas side, (m)1.4 × 10−31.1 × 10−3
Plate pitch of gas side, (m)6.2 × 10−36.3 × 10−3
Fin thickness of gas side, (m)2 × 10−41.5 × 10−4
Plate pitch of coolant side, (m)3 × 10−32.1 × 10−3
Intercooler length, (m)0.3500.3222
Intercooler width, (m)0.42660.4045