Optimal heat transfer design of chemical vapor deposition reactors

A new tool for optimal heat transfer design has been constructed by coupling the OPT optimization library to the TACO D nite element heat transfer code The optimization heat transfer code can be used to quickly and e ciently nd optimal operating parameters required for target design criteria This tool has been applied to the heat transfer design of a rotating disk chemical vapor deposition reactor The results from two reactor design problems indicate that optimal solutions can be found quickly and e ciently