Real-time management and optimisation of industrial utilities systems

Prokopakis, GJ; Maroulis, ZB

dc.contributor.author	Prokopakis, GJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Maroulis, ZB	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:12:13Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:12:13Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.identifier.issn	0098-1354	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12018
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dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Chemical	en
dc.subject.other	Chemical plants	en
dc.subject.other	Optimization	en
dc.subject.other	Performance	en
dc.subject.other	Real time systems	en
dc.subject.other	Structural loads	en
dc.subject.other	Systems science	en
dc.subject.other	Testing	en
dc.subject.other	Industrial utilities systems	en
dc.subject.other	Real-time management	en
dc.subject.other	Three interacting sub-systems	en
dc.subject.other	Industrial management	en
dc.title	Real-time management and optimisation of industrial utilities systems	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1996	en
heal.abstract	A system for real-time management and optimisation of industrial utilities facilities is presented. The system, given the demand from the process (steam of various levels, power), optimally allocates the load to the available utilities equipment (boilers, turbines, etc.) and external sources (national power grid). The utilities plant is considered to consist of three interacting sub-systems: fuel, power, water. The system is based on a modelling framework where operational characteristics of the utilities equipment are decomposed from nominal design, so that the computational efficiency is increased without loss in rigor. Discontinuities are removed with the introduction of appropriate transition functions and the complete problem is formulated in a non-linear programming framework. An industrial scale benchmark problem is used to test the approach. The tests demonstrate the efficiency and robustness of the system.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Computers and Chemical Engineering	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1996UR30900104	en
dc.identifier.volume	20	en
dc.identifier.issue	SUPPL.1	en
dc.identifier.spage	S623	en
dc.identifier.epage	S628	en