Article: The method for optimisation of gas compressors performance in gas storage systems Journal: International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology (IJOGCT) 2018 Vol.17 No.1 pp.12 - 33 Abstract: We present a computational method for achieving an optimal operation of compressor units used in industrial gas storage systems. The proposed method is capable to operate with a mix of compressor types (i.e., with different operational parameters, different power drives, and different types of construction, e.g., reciprocal and turbocompressors). The goal of the optimisation is to find an optimal compressors configuration and distribution of the compressor loads for each instance of time. The proposed method is based on conversion of a multidimensional discrete-continuous optimisation problem into a set of independent combinatorial and nonlinear optimisation problems. We derive the mathematical foundations of the algorithms. The exemplary results of the application are presented. [Received: May 4, 2016; Accepted: December 2, 2016] Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: The method for optimisation of gas compressors performance in gas storage systems

Authors: Michał Warchoł; Konrad Świrski; Błazej Ruszczycki; Konrad Wojdan

Addresses: Transition Technologies S.A., Warsaw, Poland ' Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland ' Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland ' Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Abstract: We present a computational method for achieving an optimal operation of compressor units used in industrial gas storage systems. The proposed method is capable to operate with a mix of compressor types (i.e., with different operational parameters, different power drives, and different types of construction, e.g., reciprocal and turbocompressors). The goal of the optimisation is to find an optimal compressors configuration and distribution of the compressor loads for each instance of time. The proposed method is based on conversion of a multidimensional discrete-continuous optimisation problem into a set of independent combinatorial and nonlinear optimisation problems. We derive the mathematical foundations of the algorithms. The exemplary results of the application are presented. [Received: May 4, 2016; Accepted: December 2, 2016]

Keywords: optimisation; compressor station; dynamic programming; sequential quadratic programming; SQP; gas storage.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2018.089343

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2018 Vol.17 No.1, pp.12 - 33

Received: 04 May 2016
Accepted: 12 Dec 2016
Published online: 19 Jan 2018 *

Title: The method for optimisation of gas compressors performance in gas storage systems

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