October 27, 2020

OEA14P-Blending Definition and Formulation

This topic discusses fuel blending problems and how different constraints can solve them in equations.

  • Suresh Agrawal
    Suresh Agrawal
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This topic discusses fuel blending problems and how different constraints can solve them in equations.

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Understanding the blending process is very important in petroleum refineries because different product qualities are blended to achieve the preferred quality. The blending process mixes components with other qualities to make blend products with specific qualities. This topic discusses the mathematical formulation of the fuel blending problem and explain how additional constraints can be built into the equations to solve them by the optimizer.

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