A novel layout design method for air-cooled box ground control station based on IPSO-DE

In an air-cooled box ground control station (ABGCS), electronic devices generate heat during operation. Insufficient heat dissipation can degrade performance or cause failures, so an efficient layout design is crucial. This paper proposes a new layout method for devices in the ABGCS. The objective function is established using the energy-grid method. An IPSO-DE (improved particle swarm optimization and differential evolution) algorithm is introduced to enhance search ability. Layouts generated by PSO, IPSO, and IPSO-DE were simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results show that the heat dissipation efficiency is proportional to the objective function value. Finally, tests verified the IPSO-DE layout with an average relative error of 1.06%-2.84%. This proves its reliability and provides a reference for similar designs.