An Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is proposed for optimal tree-structured natural gas distribution network. Design of pipelines, facilities, and equipment systems are necessary tasks to configure an optimal natural gas network. A mixed integer programming model is formulated to minimize the total cost in the network. The aim is to optimize pipe diameter sizes so that the location-alloc...

the purpose of this research is to investigate thermoeconomic optimization and exergy analysis of transcritical co2 refrigeration cycle with an ejector. after modeling thermodynamic equations of elements and considering optimization parameters of emerging temperature of gas of cooler (tgc) , emerging pressure of cooler's gas (pgc) , and evaporative temperature (tevp) , optimization of targ...

in this paper, a non-isothermal two-phase flow in the cathode gas diffusion layer (gdl) of pem fuel cell is modeled. the governing equations including energy, mass and momentum conservation equations are solved by numerical methods. also, the optimal values of the effective parameters such as the electrodes porosity, gas diffusion layer (gdl) thickness and inlet relative humidity are calculated...

This article proposes a control strategy for an oil well operating via gas-lift. The well model is implemented in the OLGA simulator (Scandpower) using an orifice valve (no moving parts) downhole with control in the gas lift surface valve and production choke. The dynamic identification uses the knowledge of the process static gain as the nonlinear static block of a Hammerstein model representa...

We consider operators acting on convex subsets of the unit hypercube. These operators are used in constructing convex relaxations of combinatorial optimization problems presented as a 0,1 integer programming problem or a 0,1 polynomial optimization problem. Our focus is mostly on operators that, when expressed as a lift-and-project operator, involve the use of semidefiniteness constraints in th...

Between the phases of oil exploration and production, there is this transfer through natural or artificial elevation method. When method natural, pressure in reservoir sufficiently high fluids it can emerge to surface, but when insufficient, do not reach surface without use lifting methods. Among struggles be solved by engineering, optimization geometry lift gas valves (VGL) sealing material. I...