Optimal production planning under time-sensitive electricity prices for continuous power-intensive processes

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-184

  Mitra, Sumit ^a   Grossmann, Ignacio E ^a   Pinto, Jose M ^b   Arora, Nikhil ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air separation plants; Cement plants; MILP models; Power intensive systems; Production planning; Time varying electricity prices

Indexed keywords

AIR SEPARATION PLANTS; DISCRETE-TIME; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY PRICING; EXPLICIT MODELING; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; LARGE SIZES; LOGIC CONSTRAINTS; MILP MODEL; OPERATING EXPENSE; OPERATING MODES; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION; PLANT EQUIPMENTS; PROBLEM INSTANCES; PRODUCTION PLANNING; SYSTEMATIC MODELING; TIME HORIZONS; TIME VARYING; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CEMENT PLANTS; ELECTRICITY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SEPARATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857444866     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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