DocumentCode
2841965
Title
Tank farm operation optimization system of refinery
Author
Zhao, Xiaoqiang ; Liu, Weirong
Author_Institution
Coll. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Eng., Lanzhou Univ. of Technol., Lanzhou, China
fYear
2010
fDate
26-28 May 2010
Firstpage
3800
Lastpage
3802
Abstract
According to operation bottlenecks of tank farm, this paper discusses statistical risk simulator program that models the tank farm operation of refinery and covers a ship delay, lifting schedules, unit stream factor, maintenance activities, movement automation, movement planning and scheduling, and adequate field equipment such as tank gauges, flowmeters, and remote control, etc. This optimization system can create tremendous benefits for refineries.
Keywords
fuel storage; oil refining; optimisation; petroleum industry; production management; statistical analysis; tanks (containers); lifting schedules; maintenance activities; movement automation; movement planning; movement scheduling; optimization system; refinery; ship delay; statistical risk simulator program; tank farm operation; unit stream factor; Automatic control; Automation; Cost function; Delay; Economic forecasting; Marine vehicles; Petroleum; Pipelines; Power generation economics; Predictive models; Database; Optimization; Tank Farm;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2010 Chinese
Conference_Location
Xuzhou
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5181-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-5182-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCDC.2010.5498480
Filename
5498480
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