Planning the operation of a large real-world oil pipeline

Autor(es)

Lopes, Tony M. T. ^[1] ; Moura, Arnaldo V. ^[1] ; de Souza, Cid C. ^[1] ; Cire, Andre A. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Comp, BR-13084971 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Tepper Sch Business, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Computers & Chemical Engineering; v. 46, p. 17-28, NOV 15 2012.
• Citações Web of Science: 4

Resumo

Pipelines are the most effective and reliable means for transporting oil derivatives from refineries to local depots. This paper considers the tactical distribution problem for a large pipeline network. Solutions to this problem consist of volume transfers satisfying local demands, correctly stocking production volumes, and observing a number of operational constraints. This work defines the tactical planning problem and proposes a novel and compact network flow model to address it. Also, a procedure is given to decompose the flow solution into pumping operations that can be used as input for short-term schedulers. Our experiments were performed over real instances provided by a large oil company. These instances consisted of 30 pipelines in an extension of 7000 km, 14 depots, 192 tanks, and more than 60 products. The model was tested with real-world instances and showed significant improvements over manually generated plans, which is the current practice. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 05/57344-7 - Agendamento de tarefas de distribuição de múltiplos produtos petrolíferos em malhas de oleodutos
• Beneficiário: Andre Augusto Cire
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
• Processo FAPESP: 05/57343-0 - Modelos e algoritmos para o problema de agendamento de operacoes em oleodutos com multiplos produtos.
• Beneficiário: Tony Minoru Tamura Lopes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado