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Date Available
3-2-2015
Year of Publication
2015
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSMSE)
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Faculty
Dr. Fazleena Badurdeen
Faculty
Dr. Fazleena Badurdeen
Abstract
The Natural Gas market in the U.S is growing rapidly with evidence that the nation has enough shale reserves to power the country for the next century. To ensure continued economic benefits through the use of this environmentally desired energy source, it becomes important to optimize the transportation network system design. Transportation through pipelines is one of the most common methods used to distribute Natural Gas from source to destination. This transportation system, consisting of pipelines, compressors and other supporting equipment, must be optimized, considering all relevant parameters to minimize cost and increase profit. The research presented here improves on the fuel cost minimization models in literature to incorporate pipeline elevation and safety requirements. A new model is proposed to consider the entire transportation network as a single system and optimize it considering all relevant parameters. The optimization model is setup as a mixed integer nonlinear program. The proposed model is used to optimize the pipeline network for a case study, evaluate the model as well as investigate design capacity and installed capacity of pipeline network.
Recommended Citation
Arumugam, Gnana Shekaran, "ALTERNATE MODELS FOR NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION" (2015). Theses and Dissertations--Manufacturing Systems Engineering. 7.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ms_etds/7
