Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Mechanical Engineering

Chapter 13 Sump pump output flow parameter optimization by Taguchi method

Prakash Shinde and R.R. Arakerimath

G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune, India

DOI: 10.1201/9781003257691-13

Contents

1. 13.1 Introduction
2. 13.2 Literature review and objective
3. 13.3 Taguchi method for design optimization
4. 13.4 Factor and levels for Taguchi method
5. 13.5 Design of experiment using orthogonal array
6. 13.6 Design of experiment as per orthogonal L9 Table
7. 13.7 Simulations performed
8. 13.8 Modeling and analysis of the pump sump
9. 13.9 Taguchi optimization method
10. 13.10 Results and discussion
    • 13.10.1 Data analysis for the response table of pump output flow
    • 13.10.2 Regression equation
    • 13.10.3 Model summary
11. 13.11 Conclusions
12. Acknowledgements
13. References ...