Refrigeration system holds an important role in process industries. The optimal synthesis cannot only reduce the energy consumption, but also save the production costs. In this study, a general methodology is develope...Refrigeration system holds an important role in process industries. The optimal synthesis cannot only reduce the energy consumption, but also save the production costs. In this study, a general methodology is developed for the optimal design of refrigeration cycle and heat exchanger network(HEN) simultaneously. Taking the heat integration between the external heat sources/sinks and the refrigeration cycle into consideration, a superstructure with sub-coolers is developed. Through defining logical variables that indicate the relative temperature positions of refrigerant streams after sub-coolers, the synthesis is formulated as a Generalized Disjunctive Programming(GDP) problem based on LP transshipment model, with the target of minimizing the total compressor shaft work in the refrigeration system. The GDP model is then reformulated as a Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming(MINLP) problem with the aid of binary variables and Big-M Constraint Method. The efficacy of the process synthesis model is demonstrated by a case study of ethylene refrigeration system. The result shows that the optimization can significantly reduce the exergy loss as well as the total compression shaft work.展开更多
The optimal design of a compression refrigeration system(CRS) with multiple temperature levels is very important to chemical process industries and also represents considerable challenges in process systems engineerin...The optimal design of a compression refrigeration system(CRS) with multiple temperature levels is very important to chemical process industries and also represents considerable challenges in process systems engineering. In this paper, a general methodology for the optimal synthesis of the CRS, which simultaneously integrates CRS and Heat Exchanger Networks(HEN) to minimize the total compressor shaft work consumption based on an MINLP model, has been proposed. The major contribution of this method is in addressing the optimal design of refrigeration cycle with variable refrigeration temperature levels. The method can be used to make major decisions in the CRS design, such as the number of levels, temperature levels, and heat transfer duties. The performance of the developed methodology has been illustrated with a case study of an ethylene CRS in an industrial ethylene plant, and the optimal solution has been examined by rigorous simulations in Aspen Plus to verify its feasibility and consistency.展开更多
In this paper,an oil well production scheduling problem for the light load oil well during petroleum field exploitation was studied.The oil well production scheduling was to determine the turn on/off status and oil fl...In this paper,an oil well production scheduling problem for the light load oil well during petroleum field exploitation was studied.The oil well production scheduling was to determine the turn on/off status and oil flow rates of the wells in a given oil reservoir,subject to a number of constraints such as minimum up/down time limits and well grouping.The problem was formulated as a mixed integer nonlinear programming model that minimized the total production operating cost and start-up cost.Due to the NP-hardness of the problem,an improved particle swarm optimization(PSO) algorithm with a new velocity updating formula was developed to solve the problem approximately.Computational experiments on randomly generated instances were carried out to evaluate the performance of the model and the algorithm's effectiveness.Compared with the commercial solver CPLEX,the improved PSO can obtain high-quality schedules within a much shorter running time for all the instances.展开更多
交流潮流约束下的机组组合问题(AC power flow constrained unit commitment,ACUC)是一个非凸的混合整数非线性规划问题,包含大规模的离散变量,极难求解。该文建立了ACUC的分离式模型,引入部分代理割方法,提出了一种新的求解UC问题的...交流潮流约束下的机组组合问题(AC power flow constrained unit commitment,ACUC)是一个非凸的混合整数非线性规划问题,包含大规模的离散变量,极难求解。该文建立了ACUC的分离式模型,引入部分代理割方法,提出了一种新的求解UC问题的分解式算法。并在原始部分代理割(partial surrogate cuts,PSC)法的基础上,为避免在问题规模扩大时过早陷入局部最优解,结合电力系统特征,提出了引入直流潮流相关约束的改进PSC算法,改善解的质量。通过对6节点、IEEE 39节点和118节点系统的仿真计算验证了方法的有效性和适用性,在与其他算法的对比中突显了速度和精度上的优势。展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21676183)
文摘Refrigeration system holds an important role in process industries. The optimal synthesis cannot only reduce the energy consumption, but also save the production costs. In this study, a general methodology is developed for the optimal design of refrigeration cycle and heat exchanger network(HEN) simultaneously. Taking the heat integration between the external heat sources/sinks and the refrigeration cycle into consideration, a superstructure with sub-coolers is developed. Through defining logical variables that indicate the relative temperature positions of refrigerant streams after sub-coolers, the synthesis is formulated as a Generalized Disjunctive Programming(GDP) problem based on LP transshipment model, with the target of minimizing the total compressor shaft work in the refrigeration system. The GDP model is then reformulated as a Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming(MINLP) problem with the aid of binary variables and Big-M Constraint Method. The efficacy of the process synthesis model is demonstrated by a case study of ethylene refrigeration system. The result shows that the optimization can significantly reduce the exergy loss as well as the total compression shaft work.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21676183)
文摘The optimal design of a compression refrigeration system(CRS) with multiple temperature levels is very important to chemical process industries and also represents considerable challenges in process systems engineering. In this paper, a general methodology for the optimal synthesis of the CRS, which simultaneously integrates CRS and Heat Exchanger Networks(HEN) to minimize the total compressor shaft work consumption based on an MINLP model, has been proposed. The major contribution of this method is in addressing the optimal design of refrigeration cycle with variable refrigeration temperature levels. The method can be used to make major decisions in the CRS design, such as the number of levels, temperature levels, and heat transfer duties. The performance of the developed methodology has been illustrated with a case study of an ethylene CRS in an industrial ethylene plant, and the optimal solution has been examined by rigorous simulations in Aspen Plus to verify its feasibility and consistency.
基金Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2013AA040704)the Fund for the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61374203)
文摘In this paper,an oil well production scheduling problem for the light load oil well during petroleum field exploitation was studied.The oil well production scheduling was to determine the turn on/off status and oil flow rates of the wells in a given oil reservoir,subject to a number of constraints such as minimum up/down time limits and well grouping.The problem was formulated as a mixed integer nonlinear programming model that minimized the total production operating cost and start-up cost.Due to the NP-hardness of the problem,an improved particle swarm optimization(PSO) algorithm with a new velocity updating formula was developed to solve the problem approximately.Computational experiments on randomly generated instances were carried out to evaluate the performance of the model and the algorithm's effectiveness.Compared with the commercial solver CPLEX,the improved PSO can obtain high-quality schedules within a much shorter running time for all the instances.
文摘交流潮流约束下的机组组合问题(AC power flow constrained unit commitment,ACUC)是一个非凸的混合整数非线性规划问题,包含大规模的离散变量,极难求解。该文建立了ACUC的分离式模型,引入部分代理割方法,提出了一种新的求解UC问题的分解式算法。并在原始部分代理割(partial surrogate cuts,PSC)法的基础上,为避免在问题规模扩大时过早陷入局部最优解,结合电力系统特征,提出了引入直流潮流相关约束的改进PSC算法,改善解的质量。通过对6节点、IEEE 39节点和118节点系统的仿真计算验证了方法的有效性和适用性,在与其他算法的对比中突显了速度和精度上的优势。