Optimal Dimensioning of Pipe Networks with Application to Gas Transmission Networks

Daniel de Wolf and Yves Smeers
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Daniel de Wolf: Université de Lille III, France
Yves Smeers: Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Operations Research, 1996, vol. 44, issue 4, 596-608

Abstract: We develop an algorithm to solve the problem of the optimal dimensioning of a fluid (gas or water) transmission network when the topology of the network is known. The pipe diameters must be chosen to minimize the sum of the investment and operating costs. This two stage problem is solved by application of the bundle method for nonsmooth optimization. The validity of the approach is tested on a problem corresponding to a real situation: the optimal design of a reinforcement of the Belgian gas network.

Keywords: equipment planning; capacity expansion; expansion of a gas transmission network; industries; natural gas; optimal dimensioning of gas transmission networks; programming; nondifferentiable; application of the bundle method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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