Scheduling of a mixed batch/continuous sugar milling plant using Petri nets

نویسندگان

  • Mahsa Ghaeli
  • Parisa A. Bahri
  • Peter L. Lee
چکیده

Abstract Scheduling of processes in mixed batch/continuous plants, due to their hybrid nature can become very complex. This paper presents the Timed Hybrid Petri net (THPN) as a suitable tool for modelling and scheduling of hybrid systems. One of the major benefits over traditional methods is a significant reduction in complexity during problem formulation. A sugar milling plant containing both batch and continuous processing units is considered as a case study by which the application of the proposed scheduling algorithm is illustrated.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Computers & Chemical Engineering

دوره 32  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008