DESIGN OF INFRARED HEATING SYSTEMS
The developed technique of optimization design of infrared heating systems is described in the paper. The method is based on the consistent use of opto-geometric design models, thermal analysis models of designed system and procedures of consistent optimization. The models are implemented as numerical; criteria of optimization are the norm of grid function and sample variance differences in the distribution system of a given distribution. To implement the methods a cad system was engineered to combine calculation procedures with the vector-graphic representations of the volumes projected and ray tracing for direct and indirect exposure of the heated surfaces.