The demand of hydrogen in oil refinery is increasing as market forces and environmental legislation, so hydrogen network management is becoming increasingly important in refineries. Most studies focused on single-obje...The demand of hydrogen in oil refinery is increasing as market forces and environmental legislation, so hydrogen network management is becoming increasingly important in refineries. Most studies focused on single-objective optimization problem for the hydrogen network, but few account for the multi-objective optimization problem. This paper presents a novel approach for modeling and multi-objective optimization for hydrogen network in refineries. An improved multi-objective optimization model is proposed based on the concept of superstructure. The optimization includes minimization of operating cost and minimization of investment cost of equipment. The proposed methodology for the multi-objective optimization of hydrogen network takes into account flow rate constraints, pressure constraints, purity constraints, impurity constraints, payback period, etc. The method considers all the feasible connections and subjects this to mixed-integer nonlinear programming （MINLP）. A deterministic optimization method is applied to solve this multi-objective optimization problem. Finally, a real case study is intro-duced to illustrate the applicability of the approach.展开更多
Unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)was introduced to take road segment traffic surveillance.Considering the limited UAV maximum flight distance,UAV route planning problem was studied.First,a multi-objective optimization mode...Unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)was introduced to take road segment traffic surveillance.Considering the limited UAV maximum flight distance,UAV route planning problem was studied.First,a multi-objective optimization model of planning UAV route for road segment surveillance was proposed,which aimed to minimize UAV cruise distance and minimize the number of UAVs used.Then,an evolutionary algorithm based on Pareto optimality technique was proposed to solve multi-objective UAV route planning problem.At last,a UAV flight experiment was conducted to test UAV route planning effect,and a case with three scenarios was studied to analyze the impact of different road segment lengths on UAV route planning.The case results show that the optimized cruise distance and the number of UAVs used decrease by an average of 38.43% and 33.33%,respectively.Additionally,shortening or extending the length of road segments has different impacts on UAV route planning.展开更多
In this paper,computational models of environmental pollution and energy consumption of urban multimodal traffic network are proposed according to pertinent research and a multi-objective programming model is then dev...In this paper,computational models of environmental pollution and energy consumption of urban multimodal traffic network are proposed according to pertinent research and a multi-objective programming model is then developed to formulate optimization problem for such a system.Simultaneously,the main factors,such as travel time,pricing and convenience which influence travelers' choice behaviors are all considered and a combined assignment model is proposed to simulate travelers' mode and route choices.A bi-level programming model,in which the multi-objective optimization model is treated as the upper-level problem and the combined assignment model is processed as the lower-level problem,is then presented to solve multi-criterion system optimization problem for urban multimodal traffic network.The solution algorithms of the proposed models are also presented.Finally,the model and its algorithms are illustrated through a simple numerical example.展开更多
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China （2008AA042902, 2009AA04Z162）, the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to University （B07031） and the National Natural Science Foundation of China （21106129）.
文摘The demand of hydrogen in oil refinery is increasing as market forces and environmental legislation, so hydrogen network management is becoming increasingly important in refineries. Most studies focused on single-objective optimization problem for the hydrogen network, but few account for the multi-objective optimization problem. This paper presents a novel approach for modeling and multi-objective optimization for hydrogen network in refineries. An improved multi-objective optimization model is proposed based on the concept of superstructure. The optimization includes minimization of operating cost and minimization of investment cost of equipment. The proposed methodology for the multi-objective optimization of hydrogen network takes into account flow rate constraints, pressure constraints, purity constraints, impurity constraints, payback period, etc. The method considers all the feasible connections and subjects this to mixed-integer nonlinear programming （MINLP）. A deterministic optimization method is applied to solve this multi-objective optimization problem. Finally, a real case study is intro-duced to illustrate the applicability of the approach.
基金Project(2009AA11Z220)supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of ChinaProjects(61070112,61070116)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(2012LLYJTJSJ077)supported by the Ministry of Public Security of ChinaProject(KYQD14003)supported by Tianjin University of Technology and Education,China
文摘Unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)was introduced to take road segment traffic surveillance.Considering the limited UAV maximum flight distance,UAV route planning problem was studied.First,a multi-objective optimization model of planning UAV route for road segment surveillance was proposed,which aimed to minimize UAV cruise distance and minimize the number of UAVs used.Then,an evolutionary algorithm based on Pareto optimality technique was proposed to solve multi-objective UAV route planning problem.At last,a UAV flight experiment was conducted to test UAV route planning effect,and a case with three scenarios was studied to analyze the impact of different road segment lengths on UAV route planning.The case results show that the optimized cruise distance and the number of UAVs used decrease by an average of 38.43% and 33.33%,respectively.Additionally,shortening or extending the length of road segments has different impacts on UAV route planning.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71071016, 70901005)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. 2009JBM040 and 2009JBZ012)funded by a Discovery Grant (Application No. 342485-07) from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada
文摘In this paper,computational models of environmental pollution and energy consumption of urban multimodal traffic network are proposed according to pertinent research and a multi-objective programming model is then developed to formulate optimization problem for such a system.Simultaneously,the main factors,such as travel time,pricing and convenience which influence travelers' choice behaviors are all considered and a combined assignment model is proposed to simulate travelers' mode and route choices.A bi-level programming model,in which the multi-objective optimization model is treated as the upper-level problem and the combined assignment model is processed as the lower-level problem,is then presented to solve multi-criterion system optimization problem for urban multimodal traffic network.The solution algorithms of the proposed models are also presented.Finally,the model and its algorithms are illustrated through a simple numerical example.
