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A lightweight numerical model for predictive control of borehole thermal energy storages
Johannes van Randenborgh, Steffen Daniel, Moritz Schulze Darup
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20974

A lightweight numerical model for predictive control of borehole thermal energy storages
Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) can reduce the operation of fossil fuel-based heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for buildings. With BTES, thermal energy is stored via a borehole heat exchanger in the ground. Model predictive control (MPC) may maximize the use of BTES by achieving a dynamic interaction between the building and BTES. However, modeling BTES for MPC is challenging, and a trade-off between model accuracy and an easy-to-solve optimal control problem (OCP) must…

A Bayesian block maxima over threshold approach applied to corrosion assessment in heat exchanger tubes
Jess Spearing, Jarno Hartog
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16416

A Bayesian block maxima over threshold approach applied to corrosion assessment in heat exchanger tubes
Corrosion poses a hurdle for numerous industrial processes, and though corrosion can be measured directly, statistical approaches are often required to either correct for measurement error or extrapolate estimates of corrosion severity where measurements are unavailable. This article considers corrosion in heat exchangers tubes, where corrosion is typically reported in terms of maximum pit depth per inspected tube, and only a small proportion of tubes are inspected, suggesting extreme value the…

Integral action for bilinear systems with application to counter current heat exchanger
Francesco Ripa, Daniele Astolfi, Boussad Hamroun, Diego Regruto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16553

Integral action for bilinear systems with application to counter current heat exchanger
In this study, we propose a robust control strategy for a counter-current heat exchanger. The primary objective is to regulate the outlet temperature of one fluid stream by manipulating the flow rate of the second counter-current fluid stream. By leveraging the energy balance equations, we develop a structured bilinear system model derived by using a uniform spatial discretization of each stream into a cascade of homogeneous volumes and by considering the heat transfer and convective phenomena …

Sparse Narrow-Band Topology Optimization for Large-Scale Thermal-Fluid Applications
Vladislav Pimanov, Alexandre T. R. Guibert, John-Paul Sabino, Michael Stoia, H. Alicia Kim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04261

Sparse Narrow-Band Topology Optimization for Large-Scale Thermal-Fluid Applications
We propose a fluid-based topology-optimization methodology for convective heat-transfer problems that can manage an extensive number of design variables, enabling the fine geometric features required for the next generation of heat-exchanger designs. Building on the classical Borrvall--Petersson formulation for Stokes flow, we develop a narrow-band optimization algorithm that concentrates computational effort on the fluid--solid interface, where it is most needed. To address the high cost of re…