Optimization of a network of compressors in parallel: Real Time Optimization (RTO) of compressors in chemical plants - An industrial case study

Applied Energy

Volumn 144, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-63

  Xenos, Dionysios P ^a   Cicciotti, Matteo ^a,b   Kopanos, Georgios M ^a,c   Bouaswaig, Ala E F ^b   Kahrs, Olaf ^b   Martinez Botas, Ricardo ^a   Thornhill, Nina F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy savings; Industrial compressors; Mathematical programming; Optimal load sharing; Real time optimization; Regression models

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS COMPRESSORS; GAS PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHEDULING;

INDUSTRIAL COMPRESSORS; LOAD SHARING; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION MODEL; STEADY-STATE OPERATION;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; GAS PIPELINE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MACHINERY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922442473     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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