An efficient maintenance schedule for gas turbines of power plants ensures a reliable electricity supply. This study addresses a generator maintenance scheduling problem arising from Taiwan's combined cycle power ...
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An efficient maintenance schedule for gas turbines of power plants ensures a reliable electricity supply. This study addresses a generator maintenance scheduling problem arising from Taiwan's combined cycle power plant with two notable characteristics, i.e., a specific sequence of various maintenance types and the concept of performing maintenance according to operational hours spent. The objective is to minimize the total maintenance cost. The problem is formulated as a mixedintegerlinear Program which is solvable by an off-the-shelf exact solver, i.e., CPLEX. Moreover, a set of newly generated instances is proposed as benchmark instances for the problem. The instances generated are based on the realistic conditions obtained from the historical record of Taiwan's combined cycle power plant. Computational studies are presented as interesting insights regarding the complexity of the problem and the factors driving the total maintenance costs.
Autonomous bus (AB), as a major component of public transport systems in the future, are expected to positively impact safety, congestion, private car ownership, energy consumptions, and CO2 emissions. The adoption of...
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Autonomous bus (AB), as a major component of public transport systems in the future, are expected to positively impact safety, congestion, private car ownership, energy consumptions, and CO2 emissions. The adoption of ABs will inevitably bring a magnitude of changes and revolutions for the traditional bus operations. This paper investigates the AB timetable synchronization problem (AB-TSP), which involves both the AB timetabling and the passenger assignment. The AB-TSP is first formulated as mixedinteger nonlinearprogramming (MINLP) and then converted to an equivalent mixed integer linear programming (MILP). Two families of valid inequalities are proposed based on the property of the developed model in order to accelerate the solution process. A numerical example on a medium-size AB network shows the effectiveness and efficiency of the valid inequalities, and we also make a detailed comparison between the AB-TSP and the traditional bus timetable synchronization problem (TB-TSP). Finally, a genetic algorithm (GA) framework is designed to cope with the large-scale AB-TSP, and the results of a case study based on the Tower Transit SG bus network show that the intractable real-world problem can also obtain satisfactory solutions within a reasonable computation time.
The oil production process in union stations requires consuming a lot of energy, and sewage at high temperature will be produced simultaneously. Realizing the benefits of energy saving that waste heat utilization can ...
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The oil production process in union stations requires consuming a lot of energy, and sewage at high temperature will be produced simultaneously. Realizing the benefits of energy saving that waste heat utilization can bring to the oil field, this article first de-scribes a novel integrated water separation and treatment process (IWSTP) with energy -saving effects. Based on the integrated process, the oilfield distributed heat station system is a good choice for utilizing waste heat from sewage. The heat pump is also considered as indispensable equipment for recovering the low-temperature waste heat of oilfield sewage. Next, a mixed integer linear programming model considering energy and tech-nical constraints is developed to optimize the oilfield water treatment process to mini-mize annual total cost, which determines the selection and capacity of the required equipment. Taking an oilfield in China as an example, the validity and applicability of this model are demonstrated. The results show that the optimized scheme saves 14.08% of the economic cost compared with the traditional energy supply scheme. Finally, the impact of energy price fluctuation on the design results is analyzed. (c) 2022 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This paper presents Sub-transmission and Distribution Network Expansion Planning (S&DNEP) including Distributed Generation (DG) and Distribution Automation (DA) considering reliability indices. The objective funct...
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This paper presents Sub-transmission and Distribution Network Expansion Planning (S&DNEP) including Distributed Generation (DG) and Distribution Automation (DA) considering reliability indices. The objective function is to minimize investment, operation, maintenance, and reliability costs subjected to AC power flow, system operation and generation unit and DG limits, reliability, and distribution automation constraints (including the constraints of protection devices and volt/VAr control mechanism). The proposed model is a mixedinteger Non-linearprogramming (MINLP) model, which is hard to solve. For this reason, an MINLP problem is transformed into a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model. The validity of the proposed method is investigated in the two synthetic test networks. (C) 2022 Sharif University of Technology. All rights reserved.
This paper deals with optimisation of cybersecurity investment in supply chains using stochastic programming approach. A classical exponential function of breach probability and the intuitive idea of 'the expected...
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This paper deals with optimisation of cybersecurity investment in supply chains using stochastic programming approach. A classical exponential function of breach probability and the intuitive idea of 'the expected net benefits', originally presented in 2002 by Gordon and Loeb, were applied to introduce the concept of cybersecurity value. The cybersecurity value of security control is defined as the value gained by implementing a single control to secure a subset of components. The cybersecurity value of a control can be seen as a measure of its efficiency in reducing vulnerability of a secured system or component. A mixed binary optimisation problem, next transformed into an unconstrained binary program is developed to maximise total cybersecurity value of control portfolio. The optimal solution to the binary program provides a simple formula to immediately obtain the portfolio of security controls with maximum total cybersecurity value and determine a rough cut cybersecurity investment. This study also shows that portfolio of security controls with maximum total cybersecurity value reduces the losses from security breaches and mitigate the impact of cyber risk.
Firstly, this paper proposes the definition and characteristics of micro energy networks, and describes the transformation and construction purposes of various energy forms in micro energy networks. We have establishe...
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(纸本)9781643684741;9781643684758
Firstly, this paper proposes the definition and characteristics of micro energy networks, and describes the transformation and construction purposes of various energy forms in micro energy networks. We have established mathematical models for various forms of energy, including wind power, photovoltaic, natural gas, and electrical energy storage. We have established a mathematical model for the energy hub matrix, which provides a computational basis for the transformation of various forms of energy. Then, based on the previous research, an optimization function for the maximum of energy supply capacity of micro energy networks was proposed, which is a mixed integer linear programming problem and solved. Finally, based on a project example in China, calculations and analysis were conducted, and conclusions and suggestions were drawn.
This paper introduces an improved optimization model for the unit commitment (UC) problem of AC power systems considering multi-infeed VSC-HVDC links. The proposed formulation is based on the linear modeling of the AC...
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This paper introduces an improved optimization model for the unit commitment (UC) problem of AC power systems considering multi-infeed VSC-HVDC links. The proposed formulation is based on the linear modeling of the AC network and point-to-point HVDC links, where power losses are properly considered by piecewise linearization of AC lines, DC links and VSC units. This UC model is featured by a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) framework, thus enabling effective calculations of the optimal hourly generation scheduling for multi-infeed VSC-HVDC power grids. These sophisticated power grid studies are associated with day-ahead electricity markets carried out by power system engineers at control centers. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed MILP-based UC model, the IEEE RTS 24-bus test system is used to carry out two case studies. The first incorporates three point-to-point HVDC links where an in-depth analysis is carried by comparing its outcomes, with and without HVDC links. The second case study features two interconnected areas having three-infeed HVDC links and several tens of generation units. Both systems are analyzed for a 24-hr planning horizon. It is confirmed that the UC model described in this paper permits to study practical power grids with multi-infeed VSC-HVDC links.
A railway network is an indispensable part of the public transportation system in many major cities around the world. In order to provide a safe and reliable service, a fleet of passenger trains must undergo regular m...
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A railway network is an indispensable part of the public transportation system in many major cities around the world. In order to provide a safe and reliable service, a fleet of passenger trains must undergo regular maintenance. These maintenance operations are lengthy procedures, which are planned for one year or a longer period. The planning specifies the dates of trains' arrival at the maintenance center and should take into account the uncertain duration of maintenance operations, the periods of validity of the previous maintenance, the desired number of trains in service, and the capacity of the maintenance center. The paper presents a nonlinearprogramming formulation of the considered problem and several optimization procedures which were compared by computational experiments using real world data. The results of these experiments indicate that the presented approach is capable to be used in real world planning process.
Scenario reduction is an effective method to ease the computational burden of stochastic programming problems, which aims at choosing a subset of scenarios that can better represent a large number of possible scenario...
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Scenario reduction is an effective method to ease the computational burden of stochastic programming problems, which aims at choosing a subset of scenarios that can better represent a large number of possible scenarios. Higher-order moments are critical in the scenario reduction process, especially for stochastic programming problems that are greatly affected by the moments. From this idea, we construct a mixed integer linear programming model to improve the reduction accuracy of traditional methods by minimizing the moments' information loss between the original and reduced scenarios. An improved Benders decomposition algorithm is then designed to find an optimal solution for the model. Finally, the resulting scenarios are examined on an international portfolio selection problem. Empirical and comparative studies are also carried out to reveal the superiority of our proposed scenario reduction method over other existing approaches or models, together with the superior performance of the algorithm.
The transformation of passive electric power distribution grids (PDG) towards active ones relies heavily on digital and communication technologies to perform advanced functionalities such as optimal power flow or stat...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781665487788
The transformation of passive electric power distribution grids (PDG) towards active ones relies heavily on digital and communication technologies to perform advanced functionalities such as optimal power flow or state estimation. The knowledge of the PDG topology is a fundamental requirement for enabling these functionalities. Since this information is often unavailable or outdated, topology identification (TI) appears as a key component in the smart grid transition. This paper analyses the accuracy of a recently proposed TI algorithm based on mixed integer linear programming (MILP) in a cyber-physical power system (CPPS) testing platform. Experimental results show the accuracy and robustness of the algorithm against errors in the sensor and pseudo-measurements.
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