Automatic Design Algorithm for Pipe Arrangement considering valve operationality
Satoshi Ikehira, Hajime Kimura · Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers · 2009
Our current research has developed an automatic design algorithm for pipe arrangement based on equipment arrangement figure and pipe diagram. This paper firstly presents an evaluation method of valve operationality for the automatically designed pipe arrangement. Secondarily, a pipe arrangement design problem is proposed as multi-objective optimization problem, and multi-objective genetic algorithms (GAs) suitable for this problem are developed. Finally, the proposed method for optimizing a pipe arrangement efficiently is demonstrated through computational experiment, and remarks are provided for applying this methodology to a practical pipe arrangement design.