Global Optimization and Parametric Analysis of Large-Scale Extended Pooling Problems

Abstract The pooling problem addresses the storage of intermediate refinery streams under limited tankage conditions by optimizing profit subject product availability, storage capacity, demand, and product specifications. We extend the pooling problem by explicitly incorporating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 80.45: Complex Emissions Model into the constraint set. We globally optimize pooling problem networks with as many as fourteen feeds, five pools, and ten products (Misener et al., 2010; Misener and Floudas, 2009). We further extend this work by parametrically analyzing the economic impact varying of the different inputs to the EPA model.

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