A Methodology for Scheduling Commodities in a Multi-product Pipeline
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چکیده
This paper addresses the problem of developing an optimisation model to aid the operational decision-making process in pipeline systems. The model is applied on a real world pipeline oil distribution scenario, which connects an inland refinery to a harbour, conveying multiple types of commodities. The optimisation model was developed based on mixed integer linear programming (MILP) with uniform time discretization. The MILP wellknown computational difficulty was avoided by the problem domain decomposition. Simulation examples demonstrated that the optimisation model was able to define new operating points, providing significant cost saving. Copyright © 2002 IFAC
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