OEA45P-Multi-Product, Single-Period Optimization

Description

Many superstructures have been presented with a general topology to implement nonlinear processes and blending relations. The main objective is extending the model addressing a single product to multiple ones connected to the standard supply pipelines. A refinery should also place and interconnect its intermediate streams to take advantage of its multiple production infrastructures. This topic discusses optimization of summer-grade and winter-grade gasoline, complex and straightforward EPA RFG models. And it further discusses the virtual blend tank concepts, single-period virtual blending, multi-blend types, blend specifications, product requirements and stock productions, availability and allocations, complex and straightforward models for summer/winter specs, optimization of multi-spec gasoline grades in a single period, etc.