Metaheuristic Techniques for the Optimal Design of NGL Pipelining

OTEIZA, PAOLA P.; DE MEIO REGGIANI, MARTÍN C.; RODRIGUEZ, DIEGO A.; VIEGO, VALENTINA; BRIGNOLE, NÉLIDA B.

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Elsevier

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015 vol. 37 p. 785 - 790

1570-7946

We have considered the problem of designing a convenient piping layout in order to transport NGL (Natural-Gas Liquids) through a country subjected to an unstable economy. In this paper we provide a preliminary design of an optimization model by applying metaheuristic algorithms to a set of networks corresponding to a real-world case study. Experimental results for Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms are presented and these techniques are compared.