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Optimal pipe diameter sizing in a tree-structured gas network: A case study

Mohajeri, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2012.049416
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. We design an optimal pipe diameter sizing in a tree-structured natural gas network. Design of pipeline, facility and equipment systems are necessary tasks to configure an optimal natural gas network. A mixed-integer programming model is formulated to minimise the total cost in the network. The aim is to optimise pipe diameter sizes so that the location-allocation cost is minimised. Pipeline systems in natural gas network must be designed based on gas flow rate, length of pipe, gas maximum drop pressure allowance and gas maximum velocity allowance. We use information based on relationship among gas flow rates and pipe diameter sizes considering gas pressure and velocity restrictions. We apply the minimum spanning tree technique to obtain a network with minimum number of arcs, no cycles and all the spanned nodes. A case study in Mazandaran Gas Company in Iran is conducted to illustrate the validity of the proposed model
  6. Keywords:
  7. Equipment system ; Gas companies ; Gas networks ; Gas pressures ; Location-allocation ; Maximum velocity ; Minimum spanning trees ; Mixed-Integer Programming ; MST ; Natural gas networks ; Pipe diameter ; Pipe-line systems ; Total costs ; Flow of gases ; Flow rate ; Gas industry ; Gases ; Integer programming ; Natural gas ; Optimization ; Public utilities ; Piping systems
  8. Source: International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering ; Volume 12, Issue 3 , 2012 , Pages 346-368 ; 17485037 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJISE.2012.049416?journalCode=ijise