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Autori principali: Kim, Geonhee, Lourenco, Christopher, Skipper, Daphne, Xu, Luze
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11608
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author Kim, Geonhee
Lourenco, Christopher
Skipper, Daphne
Xu, Luze
author_facet Kim, Geonhee
Lourenco, Christopher
Skipper, Daphne
Xu, Luze
contents Non-convex, nonlinear gas network optimization models are used to determine the feasibility of flows on existing networks given constraints on network flows, gas mixing, and pressure loss along pipes. This work improves two existing gas network models: a discrete mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP) that uses binary variables to model positive and negative flows, and a continuous nonlinear program (NLP) that implements complementarity constraints with continuous variables. We introduce cuts to expedite the MINLP and we formulate two new pressure loss models that leverage the flow-splitting variables: one that is highly accurate and another that is simpler but less accurate. In computational tests using the global solver BARON our cuts and accurate pressure loss improves: (1) the average run time of the MINLP by a factor of 35, (2) the stability of the MINLP by solving every tested instance within 2.5 minutes (the baseline model timed out on 25% of instances), (3) the stability of the NLP by solving more instances than the baseline. Our simpler pressure loss model further improved run times in the MINLP (by a factor of 48 versus the baseline MINLP), but was unstable in the context of the NLP.
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spellingShingle Improved Mixing and Pressure Loss Formulations for Gas Network Optimization
Kim, Geonhee
Lourenco, Christopher
Skipper, Daphne
Xu, Luze
Optimization and Control
90C26
Non-convex, nonlinear gas network optimization models are used to determine the feasibility of flows on existing networks given constraints on network flows, gas mixing, and pressure loss along pipes. This work improves two existing gas network models: a discrete mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP) that uses binary variables to model positive and negative flows, and a continuous nonlinear program (NLP) that implements complementarity constraints with continuous variables. We introduce cuts to expedite the MINLP and we formulate two new pressure loss models that leverage the flow-splitting variables: one that is highly accurate and another that is simpler but less accurate. In computational tests using the global solver BARON our cuts and accurate pressure loss improves: (1) the average run time of the MINLP by a factor of 35, (2) the stability of the MINLP by solving every tested instance within 2.5 minutes (the baseline model timed out on 25% of instances), (3) the stability of the NLP by solving more instances than the baseline. Our simpler pressure loss model further improved run times in the MINLP (by a factor of 48 versus the baseline MINLP), but was unstable in the context of the NLP.
title Improved Mixing and Pressure Loss Formulations for Gas Network Optimization
topic Optimization and Control
90C26
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11608